Kuntur Wachana (Cusco)

This article is about the mountain in the Cusco Region, Peru. For other uses, see Kuntur Wachana.
Kuntur Wachana
Kuntur Wachana

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,073 m (16,644 ft) [1]
Coordinates 13°13′28″S 71°58′27″W / 13.22444°S 71.97417°W / -13.22444; -71.97417Coordinates: 13°13′28″S 71°58′27″W / 13.22444°S 71.97417°W / -13.22444; -71.97417
Geography
Location Peru, Cusco Region
Parent range Urupampa mountain range

Kuntur Wachana (Quechua kuntur condor, wacha birth, to give birth, -na a suffix,[2][3] 'where the condor is born', also spelled Cóndorhuachana) is a 5,073-metre-high (16,644 ft) mountain in the Urupampa mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, Calca District, north of the Willkanuta River. Kuntur Wachana is situated northeast of Wamanchuqi, southeast of Siriwani and Sawasiray, and southwest of Q'irayuq.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Mapa de peligros de la ciudad de Calca, Informe final, Proyecto INDECI – PNUD PER / 02/ 051, Ciudades sostenibles (see map of Calca)
  2. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Calca Province (Cusco Region)


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