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Yanauma

Coordinates: 14°37′41″S 69°19′45″W / 14.62806°S 69.32917°W / -14.62806; -69.32917
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Yanauma
Yanauma is located in Peru
Yanauma
Yanauma
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,009 m (16,434 ft)[1]
Coordinates14°37′41″S 69°19′45″W / 14.62806°S 69.32917°W / -14.62806; -69.32917
Geography
LocationPeru, Puno Region
Parent rangeAndes, Apolobamba

Yanauma (Aymara yana black, dirty, stained, uma water, "black (or dirty) water", or Quechua yana black, uma face, "black face")[2][3] is a 5,009-metre-high (16,434 ft) mountain in the Apolobamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is situated in the Puno Region, Putina Province, on the border of the districts of Ananea and Sina. Yanauma lies northwest of the Riti Urmasca, north of Choquechambi, east of Chapi and southeast of Ritipata.[1][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Cerro Yanauma". IGN, Peru. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
  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. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  4. ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe UGEL map of the Putina Province (Puno Region)