Cordillera Vilcanota

Vilcanota mountain range
Cordillera Vilcanota panorama seen from the summit of Qampa I.
Highest point
PeakAusangate
Elevation6,384 m (20,945 ft)
Naming
Native nameWillkan Uta / Willkanuta (Aymara)
Geography
Map
CountryPeru
RegionCusco Region
Parent rangeAndes

The Cordillera Vilcanota (Spanish cordillera: "mountain range", Aymara: willkan uta "house of the sun")[1] is a mountain range located in Peru southeast of Cusco, on the boundary between the regions of Cusco and Puno.[2] It extends between 13°39' and 14°29'S and 70°31' and 71°20'W for about 80 km.[3] It includes 469 glaciers.[4]

To the east the rivers San Gabán and Azángaro are the natural boundary which separates it from the Carabaya range.[5] The La Raya range near the La Raya pass is sometimes included or listed separately.

  1. ^ Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  2. ^ allthemountains.com
  3. ^ "Peruvian Cordilleras". USGS. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  4. ^ "Sacred Land Film Project » Cordillera Vilcanota". Sacredland.org. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-01-14.
  5. ^ "Cordillera Vilcanota—1969". John Ricker. Retrieved January 27, 2015.