Jatunñaño Punta

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Jatunñaño Punta
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Jatunñaño Punta
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,812 m (19,068 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 13°45′07″S71°02′14″W / 13.75194°S 71.03722°W / -13.75194; -71.03722 Coordinates: 13°45′07″S71°02′14″W / 13.75194°S 71.03722°W / -13.75194; -71.03722  
Geography
Location Peru, Cusco Region
Parent range Andes, Vilcanota

Jatunñaño Punta or Jatunñano Punta (possibly from Quechua hatun (in Bolivia always jatun) big, ñañu thin (cylindrical objects), slim, punta peak; ridge; first, before, in front of, [2] [3] [4] [5] ) is a mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,812 metres (19,068 ft) high. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, Pitumarca District, and in the Quispicanchi Province, Marcapata District. [6] Jatunñaño Punta lies north of the lake Sibinacocha.

Cordillera Vilcanota geographical object

The Cordillera Vilcanota is a mountain range located in Peru southeast of Cusco, on the boundary between the regions of Cusco and Puno. It extends between 13°39' and 14°29'S and 70°31' and 71°20'W for about 80 km. It includes 469 glaciers.

Andes mountain range running along the tu mamide of South America

The Andes or Andean Mountains are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. This range is about 7,000 km (4,300 mi) long, about 200 to 700 km wide, and of an average height of about 4,000 m (13,000 ft). The Andes extend from north to south through seven South American countries: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina.

Peru republic in South America

Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains vertically extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon Basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon river.

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References

  1. ↑ John Biggar, Los Andes - Una Guia Para Escaladores, p. 120 (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ babylon.com
  3. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ David Weber, A Grammar of Huallaga (Huánuco) Quechua, University of California Press, p. 185
  5. ↑ Vocabulario-Comparativo-Quechua-Ecuator-Quechua-Ancash
  6. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Quispicanchis Province 1 (Cusco Region)


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