Yana Uma

Yana Uma
Yana Uma

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,009 m (16,434 ft) [1]
Coordinates 14°37′41″S 69°19′45″W / 14.62806°S 69.32917°W / -14.62806; -69.32917Coordinates: 14°37′41″S 69°19′45″W / 14.62806°S 69.32917°W / -14.62806; -69.32917
Geography
Location Peru, Puno Region
Parent range Andes, Apolobamba

Yana Uma (Aymara yana black, dirty, stained, uma water, "black (or dirty) water", or Quechua yana black, uma face, "black face",[2][3] also spelled Yanauma) is a 5,009 m (16,434 ft) high mountain in the Apolobamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is situated in the Puno Region, Putina Province, on the border of the districts of Ananea and Sina. Yana Uma lies northwest of the Rit'i Urmasqa, north of Chuqichampi, east of Chapi and southeast of Rit'ipata.[1][4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Cerro Yanauma". IGN, Peru. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
  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. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe UGEL map of the Putina Province (Puno Region)


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