Wiluyu (Cusco)

This article is about the mountain in the Cusco Region, Peru. For other uses, see Wiluyu. For the mountain in the Cordillera Real in Bolivia named Wiluyu or Wiluyu Janq'u Uma, see Wiluyu Janq'u Uma.
Wiluyu
Wiluyu

Peru

Elevation 5,200 m (17,100 ft)[1]
Location
Location Peru, Cusco Region
Range Andes, Willkanuta
Coordinates 13°51′05″S 70°55′34″W / 13.85139°S 70.92611°WCoordinates: 13°51′05″S 70°55′34″W / 13.85139°S 70.92611°W[2]

Wiluyu (Aymara wila blood, blood-red, uyu corral,[3][4] "red corral", hispanicized spelling Viluyo) is a mountain in the Willkanuta mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,200 metres (17,060 ft) high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, Pitumarca District, east of Siwinaqucha. It lies south and southwest of Kuntur Ikiña.[1][2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Canchis Province (Cusco Region)
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Nevado Viluyo". IGN, Peru. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
  3. 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)
  4. "Diccionario Quechua - Aymara al español". katari.org. Retrieved January 31, 2015.