Wayunka

Wayunka
Wayunka

Peru

Elevation 5,300 m (17,400 ft)[1]
Location
Location Peru, Apurímac Region
Range Andes, Wansu
Coordinates 14°36′24″S 72°29′23″W / 14.60667°S 72.48972°WCoordinates: 14°36′24″S 72°29′23″W / 14.60667°S 72.48972°W[2]

Wayunka (Quechua for "bunch of bananas",[3] hispanicized spelling Huayunca) is a mountain in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes of Peru,[4] about 5,300 metres (17,388 ft) high. It is situated in the Apurímac Region, Antabamba Province, Oropesa District, northwest of the mountains Waytani and Chankuwaña.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Grau Province (Apurímac Region)
  2. ↑ "Nevados". IGN, Peru. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
  3. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ Taken from Mountaineering in the Andes by Jill Neate Peru RGS-IBG Expedition Advisory Centre, 2nd edition, May 1994