Pumajolluni Explained

Pumajolluni
Elevation M:5200
Elevation Ref:[1]
Range:Andes, Carabaya
Location:Peru, Puno Region
Map:Peru
Map Size:200
Coordinates:-14.0611°N -70.2056°W

Pumajolluni (possibly from Aymara puma cougar, puma, qullu mountain,[2] -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with a cougar mountain") is a mountain in the Carabaya mountain range in the Andes of Peru at a lake of the same name. The mountain is about 5200m (17,100feet) high. It is located in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, on the border of the districts Ajoyani, Coasa and Ituata. It lies southwest of the mountain Chullumpirini.[1]

The lake named Pumajolluni is situated south of the mountain at between the lakes Vilacota in the northwest and Pampacocha and Ajojajota in the southeast.[3]

Notes and References

  1. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Carabaya Province (Puno Region)
  2. Ludovico Bertonio, Aymara-Spanish dictionary (transcription)
  3. Peru 1:100,000, Macusani 2842, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD, 1992