Wiswillani

Wiswillani
Q'asa
Wiswillani

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,070.3 m (16,635 ft) [1]
Coordinates 15°26′44″S 71°22′56″W / 15.44556°S 71.38222°W / -15.44556; -71.38222Coordinates: 15°26′44″S 71°22′56″W / 15.44556°S 71.38222°W / -15.44556; -71.38222
Geography
Location Peru, Arequipa Region, Caylloma Province
Parent range Andes

Wiswillani (hispanicized spellings Huishuillane, Huishuillani, erroneously also Huishillani) or Q'asa (Quechua for mountain pass,[2] hispanicized spelling Ccasa) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5,070.3 metres (16,635 ft) high. It is situated in the Arequipa Region, Caylloma Province, on the border of the districts Tisco and Callalli. The mountain lies south of the lake Samaquta.[3]

By the local people Wiswillani is venerated as an apu.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "South America Maps". Joint Operations Graphic. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
  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. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Caylloma Province 2 (Arequipa Region)
  4. ↑ Consuelo Milagros Vasquez Soto, Christian Omar Estrella Canaza, Fragmentos de la Historia del Distrito de Callalli


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