Wamp'una

For the Quechua variety called Wamp'una, see Quechuan languages.
Wamp'una

The mountain Wamp'una; entrance to Qaqa Mach'ay at left centre
Elevation 5,000 m (16,000 ft)
Location
Wamp'una

Peru

Location Peru, Lima Region
Range Andes
Coordinates 12°26′02″S 75°40′03″W / 12.43389°S 75.66750°WCoordinates: 12°26′02″S 75°40′03″W / 12.43389°S 75.66750°W[1]

Wamp'una (Quechua wamp'u boat,[2] -na a suffix, hispanicized spelling Huampuna) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It contains one of the highest surveyed caves in the word, Qaqa Mach'ay.[3] Wamp'una is situated in the Lima Region, Yauyos Province, on the border of the districts Huantan and Laraos District. It lies southeast of the lake Pumaqucha and southwest of the higher mountain T'uruyuq.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ mapcarta.com "Cerro Huampuna", retrieved on September 22, 2013
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ members.shaw.ca Some Cave Statistics
  4. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yauyos Province (Lima Region)