Wallatani (Peru)

For the mountain in the La Paz Department, Bolivia, see Wallatani (Bolivia). For the lake in Bolivia, see Wallatani Lake.
Wallatani
Wallatani

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,000 m (16,000 ft) [1]
Coordinates 15°24′14″S 71°54′58″W / 15.40389°S 71.91611°W / -15.40389; -71.91611Coordinates: 15°24′14″S 71°54′58″W / 15.40389°S 71.91611°W / -15.40389; -71.91611
Geography
Location Peru, Arequipa Region, Caylloma Province
Parent range Andes, Chila

Wallatani (Aymara wallata snow ball, snow lump / Andean goose,[2][3] -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with a snow ball", "the one with a snow lump" or "the one with the Andean goose", hispanicized spelling Huallatane) is a mountain in the Chila mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is situated in the Arequipa Region, Caylloma Province, Tapay District. Wallatani lies north of the Colca Canyon, north-west of the mountain Suriwiri.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Caylloma Province 1 (Arequipa Region)
  2. ↑ Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ Bolivia - Highlands Naturetrek Tour Report 21-30 November 2005: Andean Goose Chloephaga melanoptera: [...] known in Quechua and Aymará as wallata.


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