Wamanpinta

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Wamanpinta
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Wamanpinta
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 4,800 m (15,700 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 8°58′29″S77°44′24″W / 8.97472°S 77.74000°W / -8.97472; -77.74000 Coordinates: 8°58′29″S77°44′24″W / 8.97472°S 77.74000°W / -8.97472; -77.74000  
Geography
Location Peru, Ancash Region
Parent range Andes, Cordillera Blanca

Wamanpinta (Quechua for Chuquiraga , [2] also spelled Huamampinta) is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru which reaches a height of approximately 4,800 m (15,748 ft). It is located in the Ancash Region, Huaylas Province, on the border of the districts of Caraz and Santa Cruz. Wamanpinta lies on the southern bank of the Yuraqmayu (Santa Cruz gorge). [1]

<i>Chuquiraga</i> genus of plants

Chuquiraga is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family. The genus is distributed in the Andes from Colombia to Chile, with most species occurring in Patagonia.

Cordillera Blanca mountain range

The Cordillera Blanca is a mountain range in Peru that is part of the larger Andes range and extends for 200 kilometres (124 mi) between 8°08' and 9°58'S and 77°00' and 77°52'W, in a northwesterly direction. It includes several peaks over 6,000 metres (19,690 ft) high and 722 individual glaciers. The highest mountain in Peru, Huascarán, at 6,768 metres (22,205 ft) high, is located there.

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.

Sources

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huaylas Province (Ancash Region)
  2. ↑ Louis Girault, Kallawaya - guérisseurs itinérants des Andes. Recherches sur les pratiques médicinales et magiques. Paris 1984


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