Wallatiri (Peru)

This article is about the mountain in the Tacna Region, Peru. For other uses, see Wallatiri (disambiguation).
Wallatiri
Barroso mountain range (on the left) as seen from space (NASA Landsat). Wallatiri is visible in the upper left part of the range.
Highest point
Elevation4,600 m (15,100 ft)[1]
Coordinates17°23′37″S 69°55′49″W / 17.39361°S 69.93028°W / -17.39361; -69.93028
Geography
Wallatiri is located in Peru
Wallatiri
Wallatiri
Peru
LocationPeru, Tacna Region
Parent rangeAndes, Barroso

Wallatiri (Aymara wallata snow ball, snow lump; Andean goose,[2][3] -(i)ri a suffix, translated as "abundance of Andean geese"[4] or "habitat of the Andean geese",[5] Hispanicized spelling Huallatire) is a mountain in the northwestern extensions of the Barroso mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 4,600 metres (15,092 ft) high. It is situated in the Tacna Region, Tarata Province, Tarata District.[1][6]

  1. ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Tarata Province (Tacna Region)
  2. ^ 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)
  3. ^ Bolivia - Highlands Naturetrek Tour Report 21-30 November 2005: Andean Goose Chloephaga melanoptera: [...] known in Quechua and Aymará as wallata.
  4. ^ "Sernageomin baja a alerta Verde al volcán Guallatiri en Putre". SERNAGEOMIN, Ministerio de Minería, Chile. Archived from the original on June 8, 2015. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
  5. ^ "Chile (July-August 2015): Salar de Surire". ai.stanford.edu. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
  6. ^ Red de Estaciónes de Monitoreo de Calidad del Agua en la Cuenca Sama, de la Región Tacna, Setiembre de 2011, map of the area