Kuntur Salla

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Kuntur Salla
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Kuntur Salla
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,003 m (16,414 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 14°47′30″S71°57′14″W / 14.79167°S 71.95389°W / -14.79167; -71.95389 Coordinates: 14°47′30″S71°57′14″W / 14.79167°S 71.95389°W / -14.79167; -71.95389  
Geography
Location Peru, Arequipa Region
Parent range Andes

Kuntur Salla (Quechua kuntur condor, salla large cliff of gravel, [2] [3] "condor cliff", Hispanicized spelling Condorsalla) is a 5,003-metre-high (16,414 ft) mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Arequipa Region, Condesuyos Province, Cayarani District. [4]

Condor name for two species of vultures

Condor is the common name for two species of New World vultures, each in a monotypic genus. The name derives from the Quechua kuntur. They are the largest flying land birds in the Western Hemisphere.

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. ↑ Peru 1:100,000, Velille 2541 J632 Edition I-DMA, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency
  2. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Chumbivilcas Province (Cusco Region)
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