Huaytapallana

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Huaytapallana
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Highest point
Elevation 5,557 m (18,232 ft)
Listing List of mountains in the Andes
Coordinates 11°54′29″S75°03′15″W / 11.90806°S 75.05417°W / -11.90806; -75.05417 Coordinates: 11°54′29″S75°03′15″W / 11.90806°S 75.05417°W / -11.90806; -75.05417
Geography
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Huaytapallana
Peru
Location Peru, Junín Region, Huancayo Province, Huancayo District, Pariahuanca District
Parent range Andes, Huaytapallana
Glacier Huaytapallana Glacier Huaytapallana-4.jpg
Glacier Huaytapallana

Huaytapallana (possibly from in the Quechua spelling Waytapallana; wayta wild flower, a little bunch of flowers, pallay to collect, pallana an instrument to collect fruit / collectable, Waytapallana "a place where you collect wild flowers", [1] [2] ) or Lasuntay is the highest peak in the Huaytapallana mountain range in the Andes of Peru. [3] Its summit reaches about 5,557 m (18,232 ft) above sea level. The mountain is situated in the Junín Region, Huancayo Province, in the districts of Huancayo and Pariahuanca. [4]

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Puywan

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Qalla Qhata

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Shawaq

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Lasu Tumi

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References

  1. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  2. Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua_Spanish dictionary)
  3. Evelio Echevarría, Cordillera Huaytapallana, Peru, in: The Alpine Journal, 2009, p. 161-167
  4. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huancayo Province (Junín Region)