Huampuni_(mountain)

Huampuni (mountain)

Huampuni (mountain)

Mountain in Peru

This article is about the mountain at a little lake of that name in the Cusco Region, Peru. For the lake in the Junín Region, Peru, see Yuraqqucha.

Huampuni (possibly from Aymara wampu boat,[2] -ni a suffix, "the one with a boat") is a 5,248-metre-high (17,218 ft) mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, Pitumarca District. Huampuni lies southwest of Sibinacocha. It is situated at the bank of the Yanamayo, a left tributary of the Chillcamayu whose waters flow to the Vilcanota River.[1][3]

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Huampuni is also the name of a little lake near the mountain at 13°58′03″S 71°11′01″W.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "Cerro Huampuni". IGN, Peru. Retrieved August 1, 2015.[permanent dead link]
  2. [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. [3]
    escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Canchis Province (Cusco Region) (unnamed)


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