| Jalahuana | |
|---|---|
  Jalahuana Location within Peru | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 5,325[1] m (17,470 ft) |
| Coordinates | 14°20′05″S 69°44′13″W / 14.33472°S 69.73694°W |
| Geography | |
| Location | Peru |
| Parent range | Andes |
Jalahuana or Jalahuaña (possibly from Quechua q'ala naked, nude, waña a variety of bitter potatoes used to make white ch'uñu,[2] "naked waña potato") is a 5,325-metre-high (17,470 ft) mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Crucero District, and in the Sandia Province, on the border of the Limbani District and the Patambuco District. Jalahuana lies east of Aricoma Lake between the mountain Aricoma in the northwest and Riticunca in the southeast to south.[3]
- ^ Peru 1:100,000, Cuyocuyo 2942, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD, 1993
- ^ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua_Spanish dictionary)
- ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Sandia Province (Puno Region)