Quewar

Nevado Queva, or Quewar, is a volcano in the Andes of northwestern Argentina, rising to 6,140 metres. Its summit crater holds a large stone platform raised by the Incas after the southern Andes were drawn into the province of Qullasuyu. Topa Inca Yupanqui, who ruled from 1471 to 1493, subdued the Qulla people, and the Argentine northwest was fully absorbed under his successor Huayna Capac.

In Andean religion high peaks were venerated as apu, mountain spirits held to protect communities and receive offerings. The Inca state placed shrines on their summits to anchor its rule. Quewar's crater sanctuary belongs to this cult of sacred mountains, which also practised high-altitude child sacrifice on its most revered peaks.