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Cordillera Vilcanota
| Vilcanota mountain range | |
|---|---|
 Cordillera Vilcanota panorama seen from the summit of Qampa I. | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Ausangate |
| Elevation | 6,384 m (20,945 ft) |
| Naming | |
| Native name | Willkan Uta / Willkanuta (Aymara) |
| Geography | |
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| Country | Peru |
| Region | Cusco Region |
| Parent range | Andes |
The Cordillera Vilcanota (Spanish cordillera: "mountain range", Aymara: willkan uta "house of the sun")[1] is a mountain range located in Peru southeast of Cusco, on the boundary between the regions of Cusco and Puno.[2] It extends between 13°39' and 14°29'S and 70°31' and 71°20'W for about 80 km.[3] It includes 469 glaciers.[4]
To the east the rivers San Gabán and Azángaro are the natural boundary which separates it from the Carabaya range.[5] The La Raya range near the La Raya pass is sometimes included or listed separately.
- ^ 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)
- ^ allthemountains.com
- ^ "Peruvian Cordilleras". USGS. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
- ^ "Sacred Land Film Project » Cordillera Vilcanota". Sacredland.org. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-01-14.
- ^ "Cordillera Vilcanota—1969". John Ricker. Retrieved January 27, 2015.
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