Apolobamba ''(Cordillera (de) Apolobamba)'' is a

mountain range A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have arise ...

in the South American

Andes The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountains (; ) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is long, wide (widest between 18°S – 20°S ...

Geographical Location

It is located in the eastern borderland of

Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = Seal (emblem), National seal , national_motto = "Fi ...

and

Bolivia , image_flag = Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg , flag_alt = Horizontal tricolor (red, yellow, and green from top to bottom) with the coat of arms of Bolivia in the center , flag_alt2 = 7 × 7 square p ...

. On the Bolivian side it is situated in the La Paz Department and on the Peruvian side it lies in the

Puno Region Puno () is a department and region in southeastern Peru. It is the fifth largest department in Peru, after Cuzco, Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It is bordered by Bolivia on the east, the departments of Madre de Dios on the north, Cusco ...

. It stretches across a distance of 50 km from east to west and 30 km from north to south.

Curva Curva (plural: ''curve'' ) is an Italian term or name for curved stands of seating located at sports stadiums, particularly in Italy; so named, originally, due to their curved or bending shape. The curva plays an integral part in the culture of ...

, the main locality of the

Kallawaya The Kallawaya are an indigenous group living in the Andes of Bolivia. They live in the Bautista Saavedra Province and Muñecas Province of the La Paz Department but are best known for being an itinerant group of traditional healers that t ...

-people, is located 3,800 m above sea level.

Mountains

The highest mountain in the range is Chaupi Orco, also known as Wisk'achani, at . Other notable peaks are: * Akamani, * Allqamarini, * Apachita Pura Pura, * Asu Q'arani, * Canisaya, * Chawpi Urqu, * Choquechambi, * Chuquyu, * Cuchillo, * Chapi, * Chocñacota, * Iskay Cruz Rit'i, * Cunuyo, * Jach'a Waracha, * Janq'u Uma, * Ichocollo, * Katantika, * Kulli Pata, * Kuntur Ikiña, * K'usilluni, * Locopauchenta, * Losojocha, *

Machu Such'i Qhuchi Machu Such'i Qhuchi or Machu Such'i Q'uchi (a combination of Quechua and Aymara, ''machu'' old, ''such'i'' a species of pencil catfish, ''qhuchi'' or ''q'uchi'' wetlands "old such'i wetlands", Hispanicized spellings ''Machu Suchi Cuchi, Matchu Su ...

, * Manqu Qhapaq * Nubi, * Palomani, *

Punta Yavre Punta Yavre or Punta Yayre (possibly from Quechua ''punta'' peak; ridge, ''yawri'' a big needle, Aymara ''yawri'' copper) is a mountain in the northeast of the Apolobamba mountain range on the border of Bolivia and Peru. It is about high. On t ...

, * Qala Phusa, * Jajahuaycho, * Jorhuari, * Qutañani, * Qillwa Quta, * Q'umir Pata, * Q'uru Qhini * Rit'i Apachita, *

Riti Urmasca Riti Urmasca or Ritiurcamasca (possibly from Quechua ''rit'i'' snow, ''urmasqa'' fallen down, "snow fallen down") is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about high.escale.minedu.gob.pe UGEL map of the Putina Province (Puno Region) It is situated in ...

, *

Ritipata Ritipata (possibly from Quechua) is a mountain in the Apolobamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Puno Region, Putina Province, Ananea District, as well as in the Sandia Province, Quiaca District. Ritipata is situat ...

, * Rit'iyuq, * Salluyu, * Sorapata, * Ulla Qhaya, * Wanaku * Huanacuni, * Wank'uchiri, * Waracha, * Warini *

Wila Kunka Vela Cunca (possibly from Aymara ''wila'' red, ''kunka'' throat, "red throat") is a mountain in the Carabaya mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is located in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, on the border of the districts ...

, * Vilacota, * Huejo, * Yanauma, * Yana Urqu

Lakes

The largest lake in the range is Such'i Lake. ''Such'i'' is what the

Aymara Aymara may refer to: Languages and people * Aymaran languages, the second most widespread Andean language ** Aymara language, the main language within that family ** Central Aymara, the other surviving branch of the Aymara(n) family, which today ...

and

Quechua Quechua may refer to: *Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru *Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language **So ...

people call a little fish which lives in the cold waters of the lakes and rivers of the

Altiplano The Altiplano (Spanish for "high plain"), Collao (Quechua and Aymara: Qullaw, meaning "place of the Qulla") or Andean Plateau, in west-central South America, is the most extensive high plateau on Earth outside Tibet. The plateau is located at the ...

. Other lakes are listed below: * Ch'uxña Quta (Curva) * Ch'uxñaquta (Putina) * ''Cololo'' Lake * K'ayrani Quta * K'iski Quta * Qachu Quta * Qaqa Waychu * Qillwa Quta * Q'illu Qucha

References

External links

{{commons category, Cordillera de Apolobamba
"Trekking in the Cordillera Apolobamba""Mountaineering information for the Cordillera Apolobamba (British Expedition)""Mountaineering information for the Cordillera Apolobamba (Swedish Expedition)"
Mountain ranges of the Andes Mountain ranges of Bolivia Mountain ranges of Peru Mountain ranges of Puno Region

Geographical Location

Mountains

Lakes

See also

References

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