Urupampa mountain range
| Urupampa mountain range | |
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Ch'iqun (center) as seen from the south west | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Sawasiray |
| Elevation | 5,818 m (19,088 ft) |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 30 km (19 mi) N-S |
| Geography | |
| Country | Peru |
| State/Province | Cusco Region |
| Parent range | Andes |
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The Urupampa mountain range (Quechua uru spider, pampa a plain, "spider plain", hispanicized spelling Urubamba) lies in the Cusco Region in Peru.[1] It extends in a northwesterly direction between 13°08' and 13°17'S and 71°58' and 72°16'W for about 30 km.[2]
Mountains
The highest mountain in the range is Sawasiray (Qullqi Cruz) at 5,818 metres (19,088 ft). Other notable peaks are:[3][4][5]
- Apurinri, 488 metres (1,601 ft)
- Aqusuni, 5,000 metres (16,404 ft)
- Anqasmarka, 5,198 metres (17,054 ft)
- Ch'iqun, 5,530 metres (18,143 ft)
- Kuntur Wachana, 5,073 metres (16,644 ft)
- Llamayuq Q'asa, 4,600 metres (15,092 ft)
- Paru Urqu, 4,891 metres (16,047 ft)
- Puka Urqu, 4,776 metres (15,669 ft)
- Puma Kallanka, 4,800 metres (15,748 ft)
- Pumawanka, 5,650 metres (18,537 ft)
- Pitusiray, 5,800 metres (19,029 ft)
- Qhapaqsaya, 5,044 metres (16,549 ft)
- Qusqu Qhawarina, 4,500 metres (14,764 ft)
- Q'irayuq, 5,092 metres (16,706 ft)
- Siriwani, 5,399 metres (17,713 ft)
- Wamanchuqi, 5,156 metres (16,916 ft)
- Willka Wiqi, 5,682 metres (18,642 ft) and
- Yana Urqu, 4,800 metres (15,748 ft).
References
- ↑ The American Alpine Journal, Vol. 15, No. 2, Issue 47, 1973, p. 389. Cordillera Urubamba
- ↑ usgs.gov USGS, Peruvian Cordilleras
- ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Calca Province (Cusco Region)
- ↑ allthemountains.com/httpdocs/eastmap.htm, Maps of the Eastern Andes of Peru including three maps of the Urupampa mountain range (inactive website)
- ↑ Mapa de peligros de la ciudad de Calca, Informe final, Proyecto INDECI – PNUD PER / 02/ 051, Ciudades sostenibles (see map of Calca, unnamed)
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