Quinsachata
Quinsachata is located in Peru
Quinsachata
Quinsachata
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,442 m (17,854 ft)[1]
Coordinates13°39′36″S 71°02′47″W / 13.66000°S 71.04639°W / -13.66000; -71.04639
Geography
LocationPeru, Cusco Region
Parent rangeAndes, Vilcanota
Climbing
First ascent1-1969 via E. face to shoulder of N. ridge[2]

Quinsachata (possibly from Aymara and Quechua kimsa three,[3] Pukina chata mountain,[4] "three mountains") is a mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru,[5] about 5,442 metres (17,854 ft) high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Quispicanchi Province, Marcapata District.[6] Quinsachata is situated north of the lake Singrenacocha, northeast of the mountain Chumpe and northwest of the Aquichua.

References

  1. lib.utexas.edu Map of the area showing "Cerro Quinsachata 17,854 ft"
  2. Jill Neate, taken from Mountaineering in the Andes, "Cordillera Vilcanota, Payachata Group, Quimsachta 5442m: 3-topped, pyramidal peak: 1-1969 via E. face to shoulder of N. ridge." (Note: It ought to be Quimsachata)
  3. www.katari.org Aymara-Spanish dictionary: Kimsa (adj.) - Número Tres.
  4. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Lengua Pukina en Jesús de Machaca, referring to Alfredo Torero ("Reflexión acerca del pukina escrito por Alfredo Torero ... Pukina <Chata> - Castellano Cerro - Palabras relacionadas en aymara Qullu") (English: mountain). ... Existencia de palabras pukinas en Jesús de Machaca: Qullunaka (cerros): Kimsa Chata
  5. allthemountains.com Map of a part of the Vilcanota mountain range showing "Quinsachata" (5,400 m)
  6. escale.minedu.gob.pe/ - UGEL map Quispicanchi Province (Cusco Region)


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