Wallata Wachana

Wallata Wachana
Wallata Wachana

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 4,800 m (15,700 ft) [1]
Coordinates 13°56′22″S 70°19′46″W / 13.93944°S 70.32944°W / -13.93944; -70.32944Coordinates: 13°56′22″S 70°19′46″W / 13.93944°S 70.32944°W / -13.93944; -70.32944 [2]
Geography
Location Peru, Puno Region
Parent range Andes

Wallata Wachana (Quechua wallata Andean goose, wacha birth, to give birth, -na a suffix,[3] "where the Andean goose is born", possibly erroneously also spelled Huallota Huachana) is a mountain in the Kallawaya mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 4,800 m (15,700 ft) high. It is located in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Ayapata District, southeast of Allin Qhapaq.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Carabaya Province (Puno Region) (unnamed)
  2. 1 2 "Cerro Huallota Huachana". IGM, Peru. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  3. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)


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