Q'uwa Laki, Summit of Q'uwa Laki in Moquegua Department, Peru.

Q'uwa Laki is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5,200 metres (17,060 ft) high, in the Moquegua Region, General Sánchez Cerro Province, on the border of the districts Coalaque, Matalaque and Omate. Its broad, roughly circular summit is dark grey and brown rock, scored by radiating ridges and gullies that converge on a shallow crater holding a small pale patch, with a thin plume of pale grey and white smoke or steam drifting from it. Patches of bright red, vein-like ground cover spread across the flanks, densest on the left and lower slopes.

Q'uwa Laki lies on the border of the districts of Coalaque, Matalaque and Omate in the General Sánchez Cerro Province of the Moquegua Region. Its name comes from Aymara: q'uwa is a medicinal plant and laki denotes distribution, while a q'uwa laki is a healer specialized in curing diseases. The Hispanicized spelling Coalaque also names one of the three districts that meet on the mountain.

The name Q'uwa Laki joins two Aymara words: q'uwa, a medicinal plant, and laki, meaning distribution, so the mountain's name describes where that healing plant grows. The same term, laki, also names a wise person who specializes in curing diseases, and the Hispanicized form Coalaque is used for the district on its slopes.

Q'uwa Laki stands on the border of the Coalaque, Matalaque and Omate districts, so approach routes differ by which district you enter from. The summit lies southeast of the Qillqata and Wilani peaks, which serve as orientation points on the final approach. At about 5,200 m, allow time to acclimatise before gaining the summit ridge.

The name Q'uwa Laki comes from Aymara: q'uwa is a medicinal plant and laki denotes distribution, while the related term laki also names a healer. Hispanicized as Coalaque, the name survives in the district that shares the summit with Matalaque and Omate.