Waytapallana (Aychana)

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Waytapallana
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Waytapallana
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 4,800 m (15,700 ft)  [1]
Listing List of mountains in the Andes
Coordinates 11°51′17″S74°58′12″W / 11.85472°S 74.97000°W / -11.85472; -74.97000 Coordinates: 11°51′17″S74°58′12″W / 11.85472°S 74.97000°W / -11.85472; -74.97000  
Geography
Location Peru, Junín Region, Huancayo Province, Pariahuanca District
Parent range Andes

Waytapallana (Quechua wayta wild flower, a little bunch of flowers, pallay to collect, pallana an instrument to collect fruit / collectable, Waytapallana "a place where you collect wild flowers", [2] [3] hispanicized spelling Huaytapallana) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 4,800 m (15,748 ft) high. It is situated in the Junín Region, Huancayo Province, Pariahuanca District. Waytapallana lies on the left bank of the Lampa River, east of the Waytapallana mountain range. The village of Aychana lies at its feet. [1] [4]

Andes Mountain range in 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 Concepción Province (Junín Region) showing the location of Waytapallana at the Lampa River near Aychana (4,800m unnamed)
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua_Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ "Nevados". IGN, Peru. Retrieved August 2, 2014.


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