Janq'u Uma (Peru)

Janq'u Uma
Janq'u Uma
Location within Peru
Highest point
Elevation 4,900 m (16,100 ft) [1]
Coordinates 14°34′08″S 69°27′47″W / 14.56889°S 69.46306°W / -14.56889; -69.46306Coordinates: 14°34′08″S 69°27′47″W / 14.56889°S 69.46306°W / -14.56889; -69.46306 
Geography
Location Peru
Parent range Andes, Apolobamba

Janq'u Uma (Aymara janq'u white, uma water,[2] "white water", also spelled Ccancouma, Janjouma) is a mountain in the north of the Apolobamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 4,900 metres (16,076 ft) high. It is located in the Puno Region, Sandia Province, Cuyocuyo District. Janq'u Uma lies northwest of the mountain Wilaquta, northeast of Qurwari and southwest of Utkhuqaqa. Two little streams named Janq'u Uma (Janjouma) and Qullqipirwa (Jolljepirhua) originate west and east of the mountain. They flow to the river Lawa Lawani which runs to the north.[3] It belongs to the watershed of the Inambari River.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Carabaya Province (Puno Region)
  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. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Sandia Province (Puno Region)


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