Kuntur Wawachawi

Kuntur Wawachawi
Kuntur Wawachawi

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,000 m (16,000 ft) [1]
Coordinates 16°45′02″S 69°59′09″W / 16.75056°S 69.98583°W / -16.75056; -69.98583Coordinates: 16°45′02″S 69°59′09″W / 16.75056°S 69.98583°W / -16.75056; -69.98583
Geography
Location Peru, Puno Region
Parent range Andes

Kuntur Wawachawi (Aymara kunturi condor, wawachaña, to give birth,[2][3][4] -wi indicates the place of an action, "where the condor is born" hispanicized spelling Condorguaguachave) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is situated in the Puno Region, El Collao Province, Santa Rosa District. Kuntur Wawachawi lies east of the lake Lurisquta, between the mountain Wari Kunka in the southeast and Jach'a K'uchu in the northwest.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the El Collao Province (Puno Region)
  2. ↑ "Diccionario Bilingüe, Castellano - Aymara, 2002". Félix Layme Pairumani. Retrieved January 1, 2015. (see: Cóndor)
  3. ↑ 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)
  4. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)


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