Sulimana

For the mountain in the Castilla Province, Arequipa Region, Peru, see Sulimana (Castilla).

Sulimana

Highest point
Elevation	6,093 m (19,990 ft)
Coordinates	15°24′36″S 72°53′35″W / 15.41000°S 72.89306°W / -15.41000; -72.89306Coordinates: 15°24′36″S 72°53′35″W / 15.41000°S 72.89306°W / -15.41000; -72.89306
Geography
Sulimana Peru
Location	Arequipa Region
Parent range	Andes

Sulimana (local name for a kind of potatoes,^[1] also spelled Solimana) is a volcanic massif in the Andes of Peru, about 6,093 metres (19,990 ft) high.^[2] It is situated in the Arequipa Region, Condesuyos Province, in the districts of Chichas and Salamanca, and in the La Unión Province, in the districts of Cotahuasi and Toro.^[3] Sulimana lies southeast of the volcanoes Sara Sara and Awkiwatu and northwest of the Coropuna volcano.

References

↑ 2011 Informe de Seguimiento Técnico Anual - FONTAGRO, Utilización de la diversidad genética de papa para afrontar la adaptación al cambio climático
↑ John Biggar, Una Guía para Escaladores, p. 153
↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL Map of the Condesuyos Province (Arequipa Region)

Andean volcanoes

Northern Volcanic Zone (6° N–3° S)	Romeral Nevado del Ruiz Nevado del Tolima Nevado del Huila Puracé Doña Juana Galeras Cayambe Reventador Pichincha Antisana Aliso Soche Illiniza Cotopaxi Quilotoa Chimborazo Tungurahua Sangay

Central Volcanic Zone (15°–27° S)	Nevado Firura Sara Sara Sulimana Coropuna Wallqa Wallqa Sabancaya Ampato Andagua volcanic field Chachani Misti Ubinas Huaynaputina Tixani Tutupaka Yukamani Parina Quta Iru Phutunqu Azufre Sairecabur Pacana Licancabur Lascar Llullaillaco Galán San Francisco Ojos del Salado

Southern Volcanic Zone (33°–46° S)	Tupungato Tupungatito Maipo Calabozos Descabezado Grande Cerro Azul Nevado de Longaví Nevados de Chillán Antuco Copahue Callaqui Lonquimay Llaima Sollipulli Villarrica Quetrupillán Lanín Mocho-Choshuenco Carrán-Los Venados Puyehue-Cordón Caulle Casablanca Osorno Calbuco Hornopirén Huequi Michinmahuida Chaitén Corcovado Cay Macá Hudson

Austral Volcanic Zone (49°–55° S)	Lautaro Viedma Aguilera Reclus Burney Fueguino

Note: volcanoes are ordered by latitude from north to south

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