Huayllahuito

Huayllahuito
Huayllahuito
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 4,800 m (15,700 ft) [1]
Coordinates 14°16′35″S 70°43′01″W / 14.27639°S 70.71694°W / -14.27639; -70.71694Coordinates: 14°16′35″S 70°43′01″W / 14.27639°S 70.71694°W / -14.27639; -70.71694 [2]
Geography
Location Peru, Puno Region
Parent range Andes, Vilcanota

Huayllahuito (possibly from Aymara waylla Stipa obtusa, a kind of feather grass, wit'u spur,[3][4] "feather grass spur") is a mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 4,800 metres (15,748 ft) high. It lies in the Puno Region, Melgar Province, Nuñoa District, southeast of Pucaparina.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Melgar Province (Puno Region)
  2. ↑ "Cerro Huayllahuito". IGN, Peru. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
  3. ↑ Plan de desarollo municipal Municipio de Turco (Spanish)
  4. ↑ 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)


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