Llusk'a Rit'i (Corani)

For the mountain on the border of the Cusco and Puno Regions, Peru, see Llusk'a Rit'i (Cusco-Puno).
Llusk'a Rit'i
Llusk'a Rit'i

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,200 m (17,100 ft) [1]
Coordinates 13°45′45″S 70°41′36″W / 13.76250°S 70.69333°W / -13.76250; -70.69333Coordinates: 13°45′45″S 70°41′36″W / 13.76250°S 70.69333°W / -13.76250; -70.69333
Geography
Location Peru, Puno Region
Parent range Andes, Willkanuta

Llusk'a Rit'i (Quechua llusk'a polished / slippery, rit'i snow,[2] "polished snow" or "slippery snow", hispanicized spelling Llusca Ritti) is a mountain in the Willkanuta mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,200 metres (17,060 ft) high. It is located in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Corani District. Lluska Rit'i lies southeast of the mountains Taruka Sayana and Q'illu Sallayuq, southwest of the mountain Rit'i Wasi and north of the mountain Yana Sallayuq.

Intermittent streams originates northeast and southeast of Llusk'a Rit'i. Their waters flow to a lake named Khichu Suyt'uqucha (Quicho Suytococha) and then to the river Laq'amayu (Lajamayu).[1]

References

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


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