Uman (Peru)

Last updated
Uman
Peru physical map.svg
Red triangle with thick white border.svg
Uman
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,431 m (17,818 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 12°10′39″S75°55′00″W / 12.17750°S 75.91667°W / -12.17750; -75.91667 Coordinates: 12°10′39″S75°55′00″W / 12.17750°S 75.91667°W / -12.17750; -75.91667  
Geography
Location Peru, Lima Region
Parent range Andes, Cordillera Central

Uman (Quechua uma head, -n a suffix, [2] also spelled Umán) is a 5,431-metre-high (17,818 ft) mountain in the Cordillera Central in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Lima Region, Yauyos Province, on the border of the districts of Miraflores and Tanta. Uman lies west of a lake named Pisququcha and northeast of Wayna Qutuni, Qutuni and Altarniyuq. [1] [3]

In linguistics, a suffix is an affix which is placed after the stem of a word. Common examples are case ending, which indicate the grammatical cased of nouns or adjectives, and verb endings, which form the conjugation of verbs.

Cordillera Central (Peru) part of the Andes in Peru

The Cordillera Central is part of the Andes in Peru. It extends in a northerly direction approximately between 11º 39’ and 12º 37’S and 75º 30’ and 76º 20’W for about 60 km to 100 km. It contains the Paryaqaqa (P), Yauyos (Y) and Pichqa Waqra (PW) mountain ranges. It is located in the Junín Region and in the Lima Region.

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.

Related Research Articles

Yauyos Province Province in Lima, Peru

The Yauyos Province is a province located in the Lima Region of Peru. It is one of the eleven that make up that region.

Miraflores District is one of thirty-three districts of the province Yauyos in Peru.

Tanta District is one of thirty-three districts of the province Yauyos in Peru. Its seat is the village Tanta.

Chuspicocha is a lake in Peru located in the Lima Region, Yauyos Province, Tanta District. It is situated at a height of about 4,625 metres (15,174 ft), about 1.02 km long and 0.4 km at its widest point. Chuspicocha lies south of the Pariacaca mountain range and Paucarcocha and north of Ticllacocha and Piscococha, near the village of Tanta.

Ticllacocha is a lake in Peru located in the Lima Region, Yauyos Province, Tanta District. It is situated at a height of about 4,475 metres (14,682 ft), south of the lakes Paucarcocha, Chuspicocha and Piscococha and northwest of the mountains Ticlla and Huayna Cotoni.

Piscococha is a lake in Peru located in the Lima Region, Yauyos Province, Tanta District. Piscococha is situated at a height of about 4,484 metres (14,711 ft), south of the lakes Paucarcocha and Chuspicocha and northeast of the lake Ticllacocha.

Ticlla (mountain) mountain in Peru

Ticlla or Qutuni, also called Tiklla or Tiqlla, is a 5,897-metre-high (19,347 ft) mountain in the Cordillera Central in the Andes of Peru. Strictly speaking the popular name Ticlla refers to a group of peaks of the Qutuni-Ticlla cirque. The highest mountain of the massif is named Qutuni. It lies in a sub-range of the Cordillera Central named Pichqa Waqra.

Huayna Cotoni mountain in Peru

Huayna Cotoni or Wayna Qutuni(Aymara wayna young, bachelor, qutu heap, pile, -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, Qutuni a neighboring mountain, "young Qutuni", Hispanicized spellings Huayna Cotoni, Huaynacotoni, Huaynacutuni) is a mountain in the Cordillera Central in the Andes of Peru, about 5,463 metres (17,923 ft) high. It is located in the Lima Region, Yauyos Province, on the border of the districts of Ayaviri, Quinches and Tanta. Huayna Cotoni is in a sub-range of the Cordillera Central named Pichqa Waqra on the southern border of the Nor Yauyos-Cochas Landscape Reserve. It lies between the lakes named Tikllaqucha in the north and Huayna Cotoni in the south, southwest of the peak of Qutuni and south of Aqupallqa.

Papaqucha is a lake in Peru located in the Lima Region, Yauyos Province, Huancaya District. It lies at the Cañete River, near the town Vilca.

Pikiqucha is a lake in Peru. It is situated in the Lima Region, Yauyos Province, Vitis District, south of Vitis.

Challwaqucha may refer to:

Llongote mountain in Peru

Llongote is a mountain in the Cordillera Central in the Andes of Peru which reaches a height of approximately 5,780 metres (18,963 ft). It is located in the Lima Region, Yauyos Province, in the districts of Ayaviri, Carania and Yauyos. Llongote lies south of Qutuni and southeast of Huayna Cotoni and the lake named Huascacocha. It is situated on the southern border of the Nor Yauyos-Cochas Landscape Reserve.

Huascacocha or Wask'aqucha is a lake in Peru located in the Lima Region, Yauyos Province, Ayaviri District. It is situated at a height of about 4,250 metres (13,944 ft). Huascacocha lies between the mountains Huayna Cotoni and Qutuni in the north and Llongote in the south, southeast of the lake Tikllaqucha.

Aqupallqa mountain in Peru

Aqupallqa is a mountain in the Cordillera Central in the Andes of Peru, about 5,445 metres (17,864 ft) high. It is situated in the Lima Region, Yauyos Province, Tanta District. Aqupallqa lies north of the mountain Wayna Qutuni and the lake Tikllaqucha and northwest of the mountain Qutuni.

Lake Cochabamba

Lake Cochabamba is a lake in Peru located in the Lima Region, Yauyos Province, Laraos District. It is situated at a height of about 3,373 m (11,066 ft) near Laraos within the Nor Yauyos-Cochas Landscape Reserve.

Uqsha

Uqsha is a mountain in the Cordillera Central in the Andes of Peru, about 4,800 m (15,748 ft) high. It is located in the Lima Region, Huarochirí Province, Quinti District, and in the Yauyos Province, Tanta District, southwest of the lake named P'itiqucha. Uqsha lies northeast of Waswa Punta and southeast of Hatun Ukru. It is situated on the western border of the Nor Yauyos-Cochas Landscape Reserve.

Altarniyoc mountain in Peru

Altarniyoc is a 5,356-metre-high (17,572 ft) mountain in the Cordillera Central in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Lima Region, Yauyos Province, on the border of the districts of Miraflores and Tanta. Altarniyoc lies southeast of a lake named Piscococha, southwest of the peak of Uman and northeast of Huayna Cotoni and Ticlla of the Pichcahuajra mountain range.

Tiklla or Tiqlla may refer to:

Wamanripa, may refer to:

Winsu mountain in Peru

Winsu is mountain in the Cordillera Central in the Andes of Peru which reaches a height of approximately 5,000 metres (16,404 ft). It is located in the Lima Region, Yauyos Province, on the border of the districts of Miraflores and Vitis.

References

  1. 1 2 "Nevado Umán". IGN, Peru. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yauyos Province (Lima Region)


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.