Quri Pintay

Quri Pintay
Quri Pintay

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,200 m (17,100 ft) [1]
Coordinates 13°43′53″S 70°43′19″W / 13.73139°S 70.72194°W / -13.73139; -70.72194Coordinates: 13°43′53″S 70°43′19″W / 13.73139°S 70.72194°W / -13.73139; -70.72194
Geography
Location Peru, Puno Region
Parent range Andes, Willkanuta

Quri Pintay (Quechua quri gold,[2] pintay to paint / painting (a borrowing from Spanish pintar to paint) hispanicized spelling Jori Pintay) 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, in the districts Corani and Ollachea. Quri Pintay lies southeast of the mountains Sullulluni and Llusk'a Rit'i, and northeast of the mountain Q'illu Kunka.[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Carabaya Province (Puno Region)
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ "Nevados". IGN, Peru. Retrieved August 15, 2014.


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