Wini Wini

Wini Wini
Wini Wini

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 4,800 m (15,700 ft)[1]
Coordinates 15°15′08″S 70°53′07″W / 15.25222°S 70.88528°W / -15.25222; -70.88528Coordinates: 15°15′08″S 70°53′07″W / 15.25222°S 70.88528°W / -15.25222; -70.88528
Geography
Location Peru, Puno Region
Parent range Andes

Wini Wini (Aymara wini a very heavy and hard stone used to work others,[2] the reduplication indicates that there is a group or a complex of something, hispanicized spelling Huini Huini) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 4,800 metres (15,748 ft) high. It is situated in the Puno Region, Lampa Province, Ocuviri District.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Lampa Province (Puno 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)


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