Kuntur Wawachawi Explained

Kuntur Wawachawi
Elevation M:5000
Elevation Ref:[1]
Range:Andes
Location:Peru, Puno Region
Map:Peru
Map Size:200
Coordinates:-16.7506°N -69.9858°W

Kuntur Wawachawi (Aymara kunturi condor, wawachaña, to give birth,[2] -wi indicates the place of an action, "where the condor is born" Hispanicized spelling Condorguaguachave) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5000m (16,000feet) high. It is situated in the Puno Region, El Collao Province, Santa Rosa District. Kuntur Wawachawi lies east of the lake Lurisquta, between the mountain Wari Kunka in the southeast and Jach'a K'uchu in the northwest.[1]

Notes and References

  1. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the El Collao Province (Puno Region)
  2. Web site: Diccionario Bilingüe, Castellano - Aymara, 2002 . Félix Layme Pairumani . January 1, 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130902185052/http://www.aymara.ucb.edu.bo/html/diccionario/dicframe.html . September 2, 2013 . (see: Cóndor)