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Huayllahuito

Coordinates: 14°16′35″S 70°43′01″W / 14.27639°S 70.71694°W / -14.27639; -70.71694
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Huayllahuito
Huayllahuito is located in Peru
Huayllahuito
Huayllahuito
Peru
Highest point
Elevation4,800 m (15,700 ft)[1]
Coordinates14°16′35″S 70°43′01″W / 14.27639°S 70.71694°W / -14.27639; -70.71694[2]
Geography
LocationPeru, Puno Region
Parent rangeAndes, Vilcanota

Huayllahuito (possibly from Aymara waylla Stipa obtusa, a kind of feather grass, wit'u spur,[3][4] "feather grass spur") is a mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 4,800 metres (15,748 ft) high. It lies in the Puno Region, Melgar Province, Nuñoa District, southeast of Pucaparina.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Melgar Province (Puno Region)
  2. ^ "Cerro Huayllahuito". IGN, Peru. Archived from the original on July 21, 2015. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
  3. ^ Plan de desarollo municipal Municipio de Turco Archived 2012-03-30 at the Wayback Machine (Spanish)
  4. ^ 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)