Wamp'ar

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Wamp'ar
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Wamp'ar
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 4,800 m (15,700 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 11°36′58″S76°18′58″W / 11.61611°S 76.31611°W / -11.61611; -76.31611 Coordinates: 11°36′58″S76°18′58″W / 11.61611°S 76.31611°W / -11.61611; -76.31611   [2]
Geography
Location Peru, Lima Region
Parent range Andes

Wamp'ar (Quechua for tripod, [3] hispanicized spelling Huampar) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 4,800 m (15,748 ft) high. It is situated in the Lima Region, Huarochirí Province, Carampoma District. Wamp'ar lies west of Ukrupata and northeast and east of the two lakes named Wachwaqucha and Wamp'arqucha. [1]

Tripod portable three-legged frame, used as a platform for supporting the weight and maintaining the stability of some other object

A tripod is a portable three-legged frame or stand, used as a platform for supporting the weight and maintaining the stability of some other object. A tripod provides stability against downward forces and horizontal forces and movements about horizontal axes. The positioning of the three legs away from the vertical centre allows the tripod better leverage for resisting lateral forces.

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. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huarochirí Province (Lima Region)
  2. ↑ "Cerro Huampar". IGN, Peru. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Diccionario Bilingüe, Quechua - Castellano, Castellano - Quechua, 2002". Félix Layme Pairumani. Retrieved May 7, 2015.


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