Jatun Alfapata or Jatun Allpapata (possibly from

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 ...

''hatun'' big, ''allpa'' earth, ''pata'' step, bank of a river, "big earth step" or "big earth bank")Inventario Nacional de Glaciares y Lagunas, Inventario de Glaciares de las Cordilleras Vilcanota / Carabaya, ANA (Autoridad Nacional del Agua), see: ''Jatun Allpapata'' is mountain in the

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 ...

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. It is located in the Cusco Region,

Paucartambo Province Paucartambo Province (from Quechua: Pawqar Tampu, meaning "colo(u)red '' tambo''") is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru. Boundaries * North: Madre de Dios Region * East: Quispicanchi Province * So ...

Kosñipata District Kosñipata District is one of six districts of the province Paucartambo in Peru. Geography One of the highest peaks of the district is Qullqi P'unqu at . Other mountains are listed below: Ethnic groups The people in the district are mainl ...

, and in the

Quispicanchi Province Quispicanchi Province is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru. Geography The Quispicanchi Province is bounded to the north by the Paucartambo Province and the Madre de Dios Region, to the east by the ...

, in the districts of Marcapata and Ocongate. It lies in the Ayakachi group, the northern extension of the Vilcanota mountain range. Jatun Alfapata is situated northwest of Velacota and east of

Jolljepunco Jolljepunco (possibly from Quechua ''qullqi'' money, silver, ''p'unqu'' pond, reservoir, tank; dam, "silver pond"), Colquepunco (possibly from Quechua ''punku'' door, "silver door") or Sasahui (''sasawi'') local name for '' Leucheria daucifolia'' ...

.escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map of the Quispicanchi Province 1 (Cusco Region)

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