Waylla Wit'u

Waylla Wit'u
Waylla Wit'u

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 4,800 m (15,700 ft) [1]
Coordinates 14°16′35″S 70°43′01″W / 14.27639°S 70.71694°W / -14.27639; -70.71694Coordinates: 14°16′35″S 70°43′01″W / 14.27639°S 70.71694°W / -14.27639; -70.71694 [2]
Geography
Location Peru, Puno Region
Parent range Andes, Willkanuta

Waylla Wit'u (Aymara waylla Stipa obtusa, a kind of feather grass, wit'u spur,[3][4] "feather grass spur", hispanicized spelling Huayllahuito) is a mountain in the Willkanuta mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 4,800 metres (15,748 ft) high. It lies in the Puno Region, Melgar Province, Nuñoa District, southeast of Puka Parina.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Melgar Province (Puno Region)
  2. ↑ "Cerro Huayllahuito". IGN, Peru. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
  3. ↑ Plan de desarollo municipal Municipio de Turco (Spanish)
  4. ↑ 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)


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