Uturunqani_(Lampa)

Uturunqani (Lampa)

Uturunqani (Lampa)

Mountain in Peru

This article is about the mountain in the Lampa Province, Puno Region, Peru. For other uses, see Uturunqani (disambiguation).

Uturunqani (Aymara uturunqa, uturunqha, uturunqu, uturunqhu tiger[2] (here referring to the jaguar), -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with the jaguar", Hispanicized spelling Uturuncane) is a 5,092-metre-high (16,706 ft) mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is situated in the Puno Region, Lampa Province, Santa Lucía District. Uturunqani lies west and northwest of the lakes Ananta and Suyt'uqucha and southeast of the mountain Mamañawi. A little lake named Suraqucha (Soracocha) lies at its southeastern slope.[1][3]

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References

  1. [1]
    Peru 1:100,000, Ocuviri 2740, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
  2. [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) see: Tigre and Uturunqha
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    escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Lampa Province (Puno Region)


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