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Mountain in Peru For the Quechua variety called Wamp'una, see Quechuan languages.
Wamp'una
Wamp'una with entrance to Qaqa Mach'ay at left centre
Highest point
Elevation5,000 m (16,000 ft)
Coordinates12°26′02″S 75°40′03″W / 12.43389°S 75.66750°W / -12.43389; -75.66750
Geography
Wamp'una is located in PeruWamp'unaWamp'unaPeru
LocationPeru, Lima Region
Parent rangeAndes, Cordillera Central

Wamp'una (Quechua wamp'u boat, -na a suffix, also spelled Huampuna) is a mountain in the Cordillera Central in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It contains one of the highest surveyed caves in the word, Qaqa Mach'ay. Wamp'una is located in the Lima Region, Yauyos Province, on the border of the districts of Huantán and Laraos. It lies southwest of T'uruyuq, southeast of the lake named Pumaqucha. It is situated on the southern border of the Nor Yauyos-Cochas Landscape Reserve.

See also

References

  1. mapcarta.com "Cerro Huampuna", retrieved on September 22, 2013
  2. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  3. members.shaw.ca Some Cave Statistics
  4. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yauyos Province (Lima Region)
  5. ParksWatch, Park Profile - Peru Nor Yauyos – Cochas Landscape Reserve, p. 6


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