Wampuni

This article is about the mountain at a little lake of that name in the Cusco Region, Peru. For the lake in the Junín Region, Peru, see Yuraqqucha.
Wampuni
Wampuni

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,248 m (17,218 ft) [1]
Coordinates 13°57′49″S 71°10′37″W / 13.96361°S 71.17694°W / -13.96361; -71.17694Coordinates: 13°57′49″S 71°10′37″W / 13.96361°S 71.17694°W / -13.96361; -71.17694
Geography
Location Peru, Cusco Region
Parent range Andes, Willkanuta

Wampuni (Aymara wampu boat,,[2] -ni a suffix, "the one with a boat", hispanicized spelling Huampuni) is a 5,248 m (17,218 ft) high mountain in the Willkanuta mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, Pitumarca District. Wampuni lies southwest of Siwinaqucha. It is situated at the bank of the Yanamayu, a left tributary of the Ch'illkamayu whose waters flow to the Willkanuta River.[1][3]

Wampuni is also the name of a little lake near the mountain at 13°58′03″S 71°11′01″W / 13.96750°S 71.18361°W / -13.96750; -71.18361.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Cerro Huampuni". IGN, Peru. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
  2. ↑ Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  3. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Canchis Province (Cusco Region) (unnamed)


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