Cordillera Vilcanota Explained

Vilcanota mountain range
Photo Size:400
Country:Peru
Region:Cusco Region
Parent:Andes
Length Orientation:N-S
Highest:Ausangate
Elevation M:6384

The Cordillera Vilcanota (Spanish cordillera: "mountain range", Aymara: willkan uta "house of the sun") is a mountain range located in Peru southeast of Cusco, on the boundary between the regions of Cusco and Puno.[1] It extends between 13°39' and 14°29'S and 70°31' and 71°20'W for about 80 km.[2] It includes 469 glaciers.[3]

To the east the rivers San Gabán and Azángaro are the natural boundary which separates it from the Carabaya range.[4] The La Raya range near the La Raya pass is sometimes included or listed separately.

Toponyms

Most of the names in the range originate from Quechua and Aymara. They used to be spelled according to a mainly Spanish-based orthography which is incompatible with the normalized spellings of these languages and Law 29735 which regulates the 'use, preservation, development, recovery, promotion and diffusion of the originary languages of Peru'. According to Article 20 of Decreto Supremo No 004-2016-MC (Supreme Decree) which approves the Regulations to Law 29735, published in the official newspaper El Peruano on July 22, 2016, adequate spellings of the toponyms in the normalized alphabets of the indigenous languages must progressively be proposed with the aim of standardizing the namings used by the IGN.[5] The IGN realizes the necessary changes in the official maps of Peru. These changes are part of a process to promote the indigenous languages and to reassert the rights of the indigenous peoples.

Hints to wrong spellings are terms containing hua and hui (instead of wa and wi), "e", "o", "ca", "cu", "qu" or diphthongs among others.

Mountains

The highest mountain in the range is Ausangate which is also the fourth largest mountain in Peru. Other notable peaks including the Ayakachi group, the northern extension of the range, are listed below:[6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

Lakes

Sibinacocha is the largest of about 22 lakes in the range[11] followed by Lake Singrenacocha northwest of it. Other notable lakes are Armaccocha, Jatun Pucacocha, Pucacocha and Huarurumicocha.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.allthemountains.com/index.html allthemountains.com
  2. Web site: Peruvian Cordilleras. . USGS. August 16, 2014.
  3. Web site: Sacred Land Film Project » Cordillera Vilcanota . Sacredland.org . 2013-01-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002756/http://www.sacredland.org/vilcanota-spiritual-park/ . 2016-03-04 . dead .
  4. Web site: Cordillera Vilcanota—1969. John Ricker. January 27, 2015.
  5. Web site: Decreto Supremo que aprueba el Reglamento de la Ley N° 29735, Ley que regula el uso, preservación, desarrollo, recuperación, fomento y difusión de las lenguas originarias del Perú, Decreto Supremo N° 004-2016-MC. August 18, 2017.
  6. Jill Neate, Mountaineering in the Andes, Peru
  7. John Biggar, The Andes - A Guide for Climbers
  8. http://www.allthemountains.com/httpdocs/eastmap.htm allthemountains.com
  9. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL maps of the Quispicanchi Province (1 and 2) and of the Canchis Province (Cusco Region)
  10. http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/jog/latin_america/txu-oclc-224300691-sd19-05.jpg lib.utexas.edu
  11. Web site: Cordillera de Vilcanota. . June 8, 2014.

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