Ch'uspini

Ch'uspini
Ch'uspini

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,000 m (16,000 ft) [1]
Coordinates 14°06′31″S 70°05′31″W / 14.10861°S 70.09194°W / -14.10861; -70.09194Coordinates: 14°06′31″S 70°05′31″W / 14.10861°S 70.09194°W / -14.10861; -70.09194
Geography
Location Peru, Puno Region
Parent range Andes

Ch'uspini (Aymara jaju, ch'uspi mosquito,[2][3] -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with mosquitos", also spelled Chuspini) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is situated in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, on the border of the districts Coasa and Usicayos. Ch'uspini lies northeast of the mountain Hatun Pinkilluni.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Peru 1:100,000, Macusani 2842, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD, 1992
  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. ↑ Teodoro Marka M., Nociones básicas de lengua Aymara
  4. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Carabaya Province (Puno Region)


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