Andavite

For the mountain in the Ayacucho Region, Peru, see Antap'iti (Ayacucho).
Andavite
Andavite

Location within Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,518 m (18,104 ft)
Coordinates 9°25′51″S 77°19′33″W / 9.43083°S 77.32583°W / -9.43083; -77.32583Coordinates: 9°25′51″S 77°19′33″W / 9.43083°S 77.32583°W / -9.43083; -77.32583
Geography
Location Ancash, Peru
Parent range Cordillera Blanca

Andavite[1][2] (possibly from Quechua anta copper, p'iti dividing by pulling powerfully to the extremes; gap, interruption[3]) or Chopiraju[4] is a 5,518-metre-high (18,104 ft)[4][1] mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru. It is located northeast of the village of Pitec, between Huaraz and Huari provinces in Ancash. Andavite lies northwest of Cayesh and southeast of Tullparahu.[4] It is situated at the end of the Qillqaywank'a valley, southeast of a lake named Tullpaqucha.

Sources

  1. 1 2 Peru 1:100 000, Huari (19-i). IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú).
  2. ↑ Díaz, Felipe (2008–2009). Carta Turística. Cordilleras Blanca, Negra, Huayhuash y Callejón de Huaylas.
  3. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. 1 2 3 Alpenvereinskarte 0/3b. Cordillera Blanca Süd (Peru). 1:100 000. Oesterreichischer Alpenverein. 2005. ISBN 3-937530-05-3.


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