Wallqani

Mountain in Peru
Wallqani is located in Peru
Wallqani
Wallqani
Peru
Highest pointElevation5,334 m (17,500 ft)[1]Coordinates16°17′28″S 70°20′51″W / 16.29111°S 70.34750°W / -16.29111; -70.34750GeographyLocationPeru, Moquegua Region, Puno RegionParent rangeAndes

Wallqani (Aymara wallqa collar,[2] -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with a collar", Hispanicized spelling Hualcani) is a 5,334-metre-high (17,500 ft) mountain in the Andes of southern Peru. It is located at the border of the Moquegua Region, General Sánchez Cerro Province, Ichuña District, and the Puno Region, Puno Province, Pichacani District. It lies northeast of Jukumarini Lake and the mountains Larama Quta and Jaqhi Jaqhini. The Larama Quta River originates south of the mountain. It flows to the south.[1][3]

References

  1. ^ a b Peru 1:100,000, Pichaccani 2838, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
  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) see Collar
  3. ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the General Sánchez Cerro Province (Moquegua Region)


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