Cordillera Carabaya
| Kallawaya mountain range | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Allin Qhapaq |
| Elevation | 5,780 m (18,960 ft) |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 75 km (47 mi) N-S |
| Geography | |
| Country | Peru |
| Region | Puno Region |
| Parent range | Andes |
The Kallawaya mountain range[1] (hispanicized spelling Carabaya) lies in the Andes of Peru. It extends between 14°00' and 14°22'S and 69°38' and 70°19'W for about 75 km.[2] It is located in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, between the Willkanuta mountain range in the northwest and the Apolobamba mountain range in the southeast, north and northeast of the town Makusani.
The highest mountain in the range is Allin Qhapaq at 5,780 metres (18,963 ft). Other notable peaks are:
- Balansani, 5,350 metres (17,552 ft)
- Ch'ichi Qhapaq, 5,614 metres (18,419 ft)
- Chullumpirini, c. 5,000 metres (16,404 ft)
- Pumaqulluni, c. 5,200 metres (17,060 ft)
- Qaqa Qhapaq, 5,425 metres (17,799 ft)
- Qillwaquta Rit'i, 5,400 metres (17,717 ft)
- Qiruni, 5,250 metres (17,224 ft)
- Tuku Qhapaq (or T'uqu Qhapaq), 5,670 metres (18,602 ft)
- Wayna Qhapaq, 5,721 metres (18,770 ft)
- Wila Kunka, 5,350 metres (17,552 ft)
- Wilaquta (Vilajota)
- Yura Qhapaq, 5,610 metres (18,406 ft).[3][4][5]
See also
References
- ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary): kallawaya. - s. Provincia de Antisuyu. Los habitantes de dicha provincia eran y siguen siendo hábiles herbolarios (JL). || Código idiomático usado por los herbolarios llamados kallawayas.
- ^ usgs.gov USGS, Peruvian Cordilleras
- ^ Taken from Mountaineering in the Andes by Jill Neate RGS-IBG Expedition Advisory Centre, 2nd edition, May 1994
- ^ Michael Cocker, Frost, Dust and Tear Gas, Exploratory Mountaineering in the Peruvian Cordillera Carabaya, in: Alpine Journal 2008, p. 53-69
- ^ allthemountains.com Maps of the Eastern Andes of Peru including two maps of the Kallawaya mountain range (inactive website)
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