Wamp'una
Wamp'una with entrance to Qaqa Mach'ay at left centre
Highest point
Elevation5,000 m (16,000 ft)
Coordinates12°26′02″S 75°40′03″W / 12.43389°S 75.66750°W / -12.43389; -75.66750[1]
Geography
Wamp'una is located in Peru
Wamp'una
Wamp'una
Peru
LocationPeru, Lima Region
Parent rangeAndes, Cordillera Central

Wamp'una (Quechua wamp'u boat, -na a suffix,[2] also spelled Huampuna) is a mountain in the Cordillera Central in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It contains one of the highest surveyed caves in the word, Qaqa Mach'ay.[3] Wamp'una is located in the Lima Region, Yauyos Province, on the border of the districts of Huantán and Laraos. It lies southwest of T'uruyuq, southeast of the lake named Pumaqucha.[4] It is situated on the southern border of the Nor Yauyos-Cochas Landscape Reserve.[5]

See also

References

  1. mapcarta.com "Cerro Huampuna", retrieved on September 22, 2013
  2. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  3. members.shaw.ca Some Cave Statistics
  4. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yauyos Province (Lima Region)
  5. ParksWatch, Park Profile - Peru Nor Yauyos – Cochas Landscape Reserve, p. 6


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