Wiluyu Janq'u Uma Explained

Wiluyu Janq'u Uma
Other Name:Wiluyu
Elevation M:5540
Elevation Ref:[1]
Location:Bolivia,
La Paz Department, Larecaja Province, Sorata Municipality
Range:Andes, Cordillera Real
Map:Bolivia
Label Position:right
Map Size:200
Coordinates:-15.8311°N -68.47°W
First Ascent:1928[2]

Wiluyu Janq'u Uma or Wiluyu (Aymara wila red, uyu corral, yard, janq'u white uma water, "red corral white water" or "red corral", also spelled Viluyo Jankhouma, Viluyo) is a mountain in the Cordillera Real in the Andes of Bolivia, about 5540m (18,180feet) high. It is located in the La Paz Department, Larecaja Province, Sorata Municipality. It lies northwest of the mountain Yapuchañani, northeast of Misk'i T'ant'a and Uma Jalanta and east of Illampu.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bolivia Climbing Info. . Bolivia Climbing Info. October 4, 2014.
  2. Taken from Mountaineering in the Andes by Jill Neate, Bolivia, RGS-IBG Expedition Advisory Centre, 2nd edition, May 1994
  3. http://www.wgms.ch/Quicklooks/FoG_VI/Cordillera_Real_Nord_quick.jpg www.wgms.ch
  4. Web site: Sorata. . INE, Bolivia. October 4, 2014. (unnamed)