Surupana

Surupana
Surupana

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,162 m (16,936 ft) [1]
Coordinates 14°37′42″S 70°06′36″W / 14.62833°S 70.11000°W / -14.62833; -70.11000Coordinates: 14°37′42″S 70°06′36″W / 14.62833°S 70.11000°W / -14.62833; -70.11000
Geography
Location Peru, Puno Region
Parent range Andes

Surupana (Aymara suru beak, pana a waterbird which lives at Lake Titicaca)[2][3] is a 5,162-metre-high (16,936 ft) mountain in the Peruvian Andes. It is situated in the Puno Region, Azángaro Province, San José District. Surupana lies southeast of the mountain Hatun Qurini.[1][4] By the local people the mountain is venerated as an apu.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Peru 1:100,000, Azangaro 2841, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD, showing Surupana
  2. ↑ Teodoro Marka M., Curso Basico de Lengua Aymara, Nociones Basicas de Lengua Aymara
  3. ↑ "Diccionario Bilingüe, Castellano - Aymara, 2002". Félix Layme Pairumani. Retrieved January 9, 2015. (see: Ave)
  4. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Azángaro Province (Puno Region) showing Surapana
  5. ↑ "Cerro "Apu" Surupana". mincetur. Retrieved January 9, 2015.


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