Chullumpina

Chullumpina
Chullumpina

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,200 m (17,100 ft) [1]
Coordinates 13°51′19″S 71°05′54″W / 13.85528°S 71.09833°W / -13.85528; -71.09833Coordinates: 13°51′19″S 71°05′54″W / 13.85528°S 71.09833°W / -13.85528; -71.09833
Geography
Location Peru, Cusco Region
Parent range Andes, Willkanuta mountain range

Chullumpina (chullumpi local name for the white-tufted grebe, -na a Quechua suffix,[2][3] "the place of the white-tufted grebe") is a mountain in the Willkanuta mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,200 m (17,100 ft) high. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, Pitumarca District. Chullumpina lies west of the large lake named Siwinaqucha.[1]

Chullumpina is also the name of a little lake near the mountain at 13°51′39″S 71°05′43″W / 13.86083°S 71.09528°W / -13.86083; -71.09528.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Quispicanchi Province 1 (Cusco Region)
  2. ↑ www.alt-perubolivia.org (pdf), p. 7
  3. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
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