Wisa Wisa (Lampa-Melgar)

For the mountain in the Melgar Province, Puno Region Region, Peru, see Wisa Wisa.
Wisa Wisa
Wisa Wisa

Peru

Elevation 4,849.4 m (15,910 ft)[1]
Location
Location Peru, Puno Region, Lampa Province, Melgar Province
Range Andes
Coordinates 15°8′13″S 70°35′16″W / 15.13694°S 70.58778°WCoordinates: 15°8′13″S 70°35′16″W / 15.13694°S 70.58778°W

Wisa Wisa (Aymara wisa first born twin,[2] Quechua wiksa, wisa belly,[3] the reduplication indicates that there is a group or a complex of something, hispanicized spelling Visa Visa) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 4,849.4 metres (15,910 ft) high. It is situated in the Puno Region, Lampa Province, Vilavila District, and in the Melgar Province, Ayaviri District. Wisa Wisa lies near the mountains Pukarani (Pucarani) in the northwest and Wallatani (Huallatane) in the southeast, southwest of a place called Wisa Wisa (Huisa Huisa).[4]

References

  1. ↑ "South America Maps". Joint Operations Graphic. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
  2. ↑ 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)
  3. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Lampa Province (Puno Region)