Usqullu Ananta

Usqullu Ananta
Usqullu Ananta

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,500 m (18,000 ft) [1]
Coordinates 13°45′13″S 71°06′00″W / 13.75361°S 71.10000°W / -13.75361; -71.10000Coordinates: 13°45′13″S 71°06′00″W / 13.75361°S 71.10000°W / -13.75361; -71.10000 [2]
Naming
Translation the one with a big needle (Aymara)
Geography
Location Peru
Parent range Andes, Willkanuta

Usqullu Ananta (Quechua usqullu Andean mountain cat,[3] also spelled Osjollo Anante) is a mountain in the Willkanuta mountain range in the Andes of Peru near a lake of the same name. The mountain is about 5,500 metres (18,045 ft) high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, Pitumarca District, and in the Quispicanchi Province, Ocongate District. Usqullu Ananta lies southwest of the mountains Hatun Ñañu Punta and Chumpi, west of Uriyuq, northwest of Kunkapata and northwest of the lake Siwinaqucha and northeast of Japu Japu.[1]

The lake named Usqullu Ananta (Osjollo Ananta) lies southwest of the mountain in the Pitumarca District at 13°46′32″S 71°07′06″W / 13.77556°S 71.11833°W / -13.77556; -71.11833.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Quispicanchi Province 1 (Cusco Region)
  2. 1 2 "Nevados". IGN, Peru. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
  3. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)


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