Jachatira (possibly from

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 ...

''jach'a'' big, ''tira'' cradle, "big cradle") is a mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range 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 ...

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 ...

. It is situated 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 ...

Carabaya Province Carabaya Province is a Provinces of Peru, province of the Puno Region located in the southern part of Peru. It is bounded on the north by the Madre de Dios Region, on the east by the Sandia Province, on the south by the provinces of Azángaro Prov ...

Corani District Corani (from Aymara language, Aymara Qurani, meaning "the one with herbs") is one of ten Districts of Peru, districts of the Carabaya Province in Peru. Geography The southern section of the Willkanuta mountain range, Willkanuta mountain range tr ...

, west of Corani (Qurani). Jachatira lies northwest of

Tarucani Tarucani (possibly from Aymara language, Aymara ''taruja'' deer, ''-ni'' a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with the deer") is a mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range, Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is sit ...

in the eastern part of the large glaciated area of Quelccaya (

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 ...

for "snow plain").escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Carabaya Province (Puno Region)

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Mountains of Puno Region Mountains of Peru {{Puno-geo-stub