Wamanripa (Cusco)

This article is about the mountain in the Cusco Region, Peru. For other uses, see Wamanripa (disambiguation).
Wamanripa
Wamanripa is located in Peru
Wamanripa
Wamanripa
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,300 m (17,400 ft)[1]
Coordinates14°39′54″S 72°24′24″W / 14.66500°S 72.40667°W / -14.66500; -72.40667
Geography
LocationPeru, Cusco Region
Parent rangeAndes, Wansu

Wamanripa (local name for Senecio or a species of it,[2][3] also applied for Laccopetalum giganteum, Hispanicized spelling Huamanripa) is a mountainous complex in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,300 metres (17,388 ft) high. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Chumbivilcas Province, Santo Tomás District. Wamanripa lies southeast of the mountain Chankuwaña and east of the mountains Waytani and Uturunku.

The highest peak of Wamanripa lies in the northeast of the massif at the Wamanripa valley. The slightly lower northwest peak lies at 14°38′55″S 72°25′24″W / 14.64861°S 72.42333°W / -14.64861; -72.42333. One of the highest peaks southwest of the main peak lies at 14°40′53″S 72°25′8″W / 14.68139°S 72.41889°W / -14.68139; -72.41889. The river Qañawimayu flows along its southern slope.[1]

  1. ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Chumbivilcas Province (Cusco Region) showing the location of the main peak of Wamanripa with its north-western and south-western peaks (labelled Huamanripa)
  2. ^ Louis Girault: Kallawaya - guérisseurs itinérants des Andes. Recherches sur les pratiques médicinales et magiques. Paris 1984. p. 89 (kkana), 91, 467 (wamanripa)
  3. ^ Primer Curso Nacional de Plantas Medicinales y Fitoterapia: FITO 2001, 06-12 agosto del 2001, conferencias y mesas redondas. Instituto de Fitoterapia Americano, 2001. p. 16. huamanripa: Senecio tephrosioides, Senecio vulgaris