Q'alawaña

Q'alawaña
Q'alawaña

Location within Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,325[1] m (17,470 ft)
Coordinates 14°20′05″S 69°44′13″W / 14.33472°S 69.73694°W / -14.33472; -69.73694Coordinates: 14°20′05″S 69°44′13″W / 14.33472°S 69.73694°W / -14.33472; -69.73694
Geography
Location Peru
Parent range Andes

Q'alawaña (Quechua q'ala naked, nude, waña a variety of bitter potatoes used to make white ch'uñu,[2] "naked waña potato", also spelled Jalahuana, Jalahuaña) is a 5,325-metre (17,470 ft) high mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Crucero District, and in the Sandia Province, on the border of the Limbani District and the Patambuco District. Q'alawaña lies east of Ariquma Lake between the mountain Ariquma in the northwest and Rit'ikunka in the southeast to south.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Peru 1:100,000, Cuyocuyo 2942, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD, 1993
  2. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua_Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Sandia Province (Puno Region)


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