Qaqa Wasi or Qaqawasi (

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 ...

''qaqa'' rock, ''wasi'' house, "rock house", Hispanicized spelling ''Jajahuasi'') is a 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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, about high. It is located 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 ...

Sandia Province Sandia Province is a province of the Puno Region in Peru. The capital of the province is the city of Sandia. Geography The Apolobamba mountain range traverses the province. Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below: Pol ...

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. It lies northeast of the mountain

Rit'ikunka Riticunca (possibly from Quechua ''rit'i'' snow, ''kunka'' throat, "snow throat", also spelled ''Riticunca'') is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is located in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Crucero District, and in the Sandia ...

. South of Qaqa Wasi there is a group of small lakes, among them Rit'iqucha ("snow lake", ''Riticocha'') and Yanaqucha ("black lake", ''Yanacocha''). The lake Quchak'uchu is situated in the Rit'ipata valley southeast of the mountain.

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