Jalahuana

























Jalahuana



Jalahuana is located in Peru

Jalahuana

Jalahuana



Location within Peru


Highest point
Elevation 5,325[1] m (17,470 ft)
Coordinates
14°20′05″S 69°44′13″W / 14.33472°S 69.73694°W / -14.33472; -69.73694Coordinates: 14°20′05″S 69°44′13″W / 14.33472°S 69.73694°W / -14.33472; -69.73694
Geography
Location Peru
Parent range Andes

Jalahuana or Jalahuaña (possibly from Quechua q'ala naked, nude, waña a variety of bitter potatoes used to make white ch'uñu,[2] "naked waña potato") is a 5,325-metre-high (17,470 ft) mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Crucero District, and in the Sandia Province, on the border of the Limbani District and the Patambuco District. Jalahuana lies east of Aricoma Lake between the mountain Aricoma in the northwest and Riticunca in the southeast to south.[3]



References





  1. ^ Peru 1:100,000, Cuyocuyo 2942, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD, 1993


  2. ^ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua_Spanish dictionary)


  3. ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Sandia Province (Puno Region)











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