Culipata

Culipata
Culipata
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,172 m (16,969 ft) [1]
Coordinates 13°50′09″S 71°01′11″W / 13.83583°S 71.01972°W / -13.83583; -71.01972Coordinates: 13°50′09″S 71°01′11″W / 13.83583°S 71.01972°W / -13.83583; -71.01972 
Geography
Location Peru, Cusco Region
Parent range Andes, Vilcanota

Culipata (possibly from Aymara q'uli stripes of different colors on the shirt or undershirt which the Andean people wear, pata stone bench, step,[2] "striped stone bench" or "striped step") is a 5,172-metre-high (16,969 ft) mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, Pitumarca District. Culipata lies at the eastern shore of Sibinacocha.[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Cerro Culipata". IGN, Peru. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  2. ↑ Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Quispicanchi Province 1 (Cusco Region)


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