Willkanuta mountain range

Willkanuta mountain range

Siwinaqucha with Chumpi in the background
Highest point
Peak Ausangate
Elevation 6,384 m (20,945 ft)
Geography
Country Peru
State/Province Cusco Region
Parent range Andes

The Willkanuta mountain range (Aymara willka worship / sun, -n(i) a suffix, uta house, Willkanuta "house of the sun",[1] hispanicized spelling Vilcanota) is located in Peru east of Cusco in the Cusco Region and in the Puno Region.[2] It extends between 13°39' and 14°29'S and 70°31' and 71°20'W for about 80 km.[3] It is made up of 469 glaciers.[4]

To the east the rivers San Gabán and Azángaro are the natural boundary which separates it from the Kallawaya range.[5] The La Raya range near the La Raya pass is sometimes included or listed separately.

Mountains

The highest mountain in the range is Ausangate which is also the fourth largest mountain in Peru. Other notable peaks including the Ayakachi group, the northern extension of the range, are:[6][7][8][9][10]

Lakes

Siwinaqucha is the largest of about 22 lakes in the range[11] followed by Sinkrinaqucha northwest of it. Other notable lakes are Armaqucha, Hatun Pukaqucha, Pukaqucha and Warurumiqucha.

References

  1. 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)
  2. allthemountains.com
  3. "Peruvian Cordilleras". USGS. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  4. "Sacred Land Film Project » Cordillera Vilcanota". Sacredland.org. Retrieved 2013-01-14.
  5. "Cordillera Vilcanota—1969". John Ricker. Retrieved January 27, 2015.
  6. Jill Neate, Mountaineering in the Andes, Peru
  7. John Biggar, The Andes - A Guide for Climbers
  8. allthemountains.com Maps of the Eastern Andes of Peru containing four sketch maps of the Willkanuta mountain range
  9. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL maps of the Quispicanchi Province (1 and 2) and of the Canchis Province (Cusco Region)
  10. lib.utexas.edu SD19-05 Map of the area
  11. "Cordillera de Vilcanota". June 8, 2014.

Coordinates: 13°46′S 71°18′W / 13.767°S 71.300°W