Wayunka
Wayunka | |
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![]() ![]() Wayunka Peru | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 5,300 m (17,400 ft) [1] |
Coordinates | 14°36′24″S 72°29′23″W / 14.60667°S 72.48972°WCoordinates: 14°36′24″S 72°29′23″W / 14.60667°S 72.48972°W [2] |
Geography | |
Location | Peru, Apurímac Region |
Parent range | Andes, Wansu |
Wayunka (Quechua for "bunch of bananas",[3] Hispanicized spelling Huayunca) is a mountain in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes of Peru,[4] about 5,300 metres (17,388 ft) high. It is situated in the Apurímac Region, Antabamba Province, Oropesa District, northwest of the mountains Waytani and Chankuwaña.[1]
References
- 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Grau Province (Apurímac Region)
- ↑ "Nevados". IGN, Peru. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
- ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
- ↑ Taken from Mountaineering in the Andes by Jill Neate Peru RGS-IBG Expedition Advisory Centre, 2nd edition, May 1994
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