Huayllahuito Explained

Huayllahuito
Elevation M:4800
Elevation Ref:[1]
Range:Andes, Vilcanota
Location:Peru, Puno Region
Map:Peru
Map Size:200
Coordinates:-14.2764°N -70.7169°W
Coordinates Ref:[2]

Huayllahuito (possibly from Aymara waylla Stipa obtusa, a kind of feather grass, wit'u spur,[3] "feather grass spur") is a mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 4800m (15,700feet) high. It lies in the Puno Region, Melgar Province, Nuñoa District, southeast of Pucaparina.[1]

Notes and References

  1. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Melgar Province (Puno Region)
  2. Web site: Cerro Huayllahuito. . IGN, Peru. July 18, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150721191800/http://www.ign.gob.pe/nomenclatorDigital/carta.php?id=16014. July 21, 2015. dead.
  3. http://www.apemin.eu/PDM/PDMTURCO.pdf Plan de desarollo municipal Municipio de Turco