Wamanpinta

Mountain in Peru
Wamanpinta is located in Peru
Wamanpinta
Wamanpinta
Peru
Highest pointElevation4,800 m (15,700 ft)[1]Coordinates8°58′29″S 77°44′24″W / 8.97472°S 77.74000°W / -8.97472; -77.74000GeographyLocationPeru, Ancash RegionParent rangeAndes, Cordillera Blanca

Wamanpinta (Quechua for Chuquiraga,[2] also spelled Huamampinta) is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru which reaches a height of approximately 4,800 m (15,748 ft). It is located in the Ancash Region, Huaylas Province, on the border of the districts of Caraz and Santa Cruz. Wamanpinta lies on the southern bank of the Yuraqmayu (Santa Cruz gorge).[1]

Sources

  1. ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huaylas Province (Ancash Region)
  2. ^ Louis Girault, Kallawaya - guérisseurs itinérants des Andes. Recherches sur les pratiques médicinales et magiques. Paris 1984


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