Llusca Ritti (Cusco-Puno)

For the mountain in the Corani District, Carabaya Province, Puno Region, Peru, see Llusk'a Rit'i (Corani).
Llusca Ritti
Aya Chinkana
Llusca Ritti is located in Peru
Llusca Ritti
Llusca Ritti
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,200 m (17,100 ft)[1]
Coordinates13°43′31″S 70°43′55″W / 13.72528°S 70.73194°W / -13.72528; -70.73194[2]
Geography
LocationPeru, Cusco Region, Puno Region
Parent rangeAndes, Vilcanota

Llusca Ritti (possibly from Quechua llusk'a polished; slippery, rit'i snow,[3] "polished snow" or "slippery snow") or Ayachincana (possibly from Quechua aya corpse, chinkana labyrinth,[3] "corpse labyrinth")[4] is a mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru, approximately 5,200 metres (17,060 ft) high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Quispicanchi Province, Marcapata District, and in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Ollachea District. Llusca Ritti lies south of Sullulluni and northwest of Jori Pintay.[1]

  1. ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Carabaya Province (Puno Region)
  2. ^ "Nevados". IGN, Peru. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
  3. ^ a b Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  4. ^ John Ricker, Cordillera Vilcanota—1969, AAC (American Alpine Journal Publications