Llusk'a Rit'i (Cusco-Puno)

For the mountain in the Corani District, Carabaya Province, Puno Region, Peru, see Llusk'a Rit'i (Corani).
Llusk'a Rit'i
Aya Chinkana
Llusk'a Rit'i

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,200 m (17,100 ft) [1]
Coordinates 13°43′31″S 70°43′55″W / 13.72528°S 70.73194°W / -13.72528; -70.73194Coordinates: 13°43′31″S 70°43′55″W / 13.72528°S 70.73194°W / -13.72528; -70.73194 [2]
Geography
Location Peru, Cusco Region, Puno Region
Parent range Andes, Willkanuta

Llusk'a Rit'i (Quechua llusk'a polished; slippery, rit'i snow,[3] "polished snow" or "slippery snow", hispanicized spelling Llusca Ritti) or Aya Chinkana (Quechua aya corpse, chinkana labyrinth,[3] "corpse labyrinth", also called Ayachincana, Ayachincanas)[4] is a mountain in the Willkanuta mountain range in the Andes of Peru, approximately 5,200 metres (17,060 ft) high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Quispicanchi Province, Marcapata District, and in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Ollachea District. Lluska Rit'i lies south of Sullulluni and northwest of Quri Pintay.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Carabaya Province (Puno Region)
  2. ↑ "Nevados". IGN, Peru. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
  3. 1 2 Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ John Ricker, Cordillera Vilcanota—1969, AAC (American Alpine Journal Publications


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