Cordillera Carabaya

Carabaya mountain range
Carabaya mountain range
	Allincapac
Highest point
Peak	Allin Capac
Elevation	5,780 m (18,960 ft)
Dimensions
Length	75 km (47 mi) N-S
Geography
Country	Peru
Region	Puno
Range coordinates	13°54′32″S 70°24′33″W / 13.908875°S 70.409041°W
Parent range	Andes

The Cordillera Carabaya (Spanish for "Carabaya mountain range")^[1] lies in the Andes of Peru. It extends between 14°00' and 14°22'S and 69°38' and 70°19'W for about 75 km.^[2] It is located in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, between the Vilcanota mountain range in the north-west and the Apolobamba mountain range in the south-east, north and north-east of Macusani.

Mountains

The highest peak in the range is Allincapac at 5,805 metres (19,045 ft). Other mountains are listed below:^[3]^[4]^[5]

Huaynaccapac, 5,721 metres (18,770 ft)
Tococcapac, 5,670 metres (18,602 ft)
Chichicapac, 5,614 metres (18,419 ft)
Juraccapac, 5,610 metres (18,406 ft)
Cacaccapac, 5,425 metres (17,799 ft)
Balansani, 5,350 metres (17,552 ft)
Vela Cunca, 5,350 metres (17,552 ft)
Quenamari, 5,294 metres (17,369 ft)
Queroni, 5,250 metres (17,224 ft)
Muro Muruni, 5,200 metres (17,060 ft)
Pumajolluni, 5,200 metres (17,060 ft)
Quellhuacotarriti, 5,200 metres (17,060 ft)
Vilajota, 5,198 metres (17,054 ft)

Allpajata, 5,100 metres (16,732 ft)
Jatun Pinguilluni, 5,100 metres (16,732 ft)
Tocsajota, 5,100 metres (16,732 ft)
Challhuani, 5,000 metres (16,404 ft)
Chullumpirini, 5,000 metres (16,404 ft)
Minas Cunca, 5,000 metres (16,404 ft)
Q'umirqucha Punta, 5,000 metres (16,404 ft)
Tucuhuachana, 5,000 metres (16,404 ft)
Q'uli Kunka, 4,800 metres (15,748 ft)
Sallikani, 4,800 metres (15,748 ft)
Usqulluni, 4,800 metres (15,748 ft)
Wisk'achani, 4,800 metres (15,748 ft)

References

^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary): kallawaya. - s. Provincia de Antisuyu. Los habitantes de dicha provincia eran y siguen siendo hábiles herbolarios (JL). || Código idiomático usado por los herbolarios llamados kallawayas.
^ usgs.gov USGS, Peruvian Cordilleras
^ Taken from Mountaineering in the Andes by Jill Neate RGS-IBG Expedition Advisory Centre, 2nd edition, May 1994
^ Michael Cocker, Frost, Dust and Tear Gas, Exploratory Mountaineering in the Peruvian Cordillera Carabaya, in: Alpine Journal 2008, p. 53-69
^ allthemountains.com Maps of the Eastern Andes of Peru including two maps of the Carabaya mountain range (inactive website)

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[1] Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary): kallawaya. - s. Provincia de Antisuyu. Los habitantes de dicha provincia eran y siguen siendo hábiles herbolarios (JL). || Código idiomático usado por los herbolarios llamados kallawayas.

[2] usgs.gov USGS, Peruvian Cordilleras

[neate-3] Taken from Mountaineering in the Andes by Jill Neate RGS-IBG Expedition Advisory Centre, 2nd edition, May 1994

[cocker-4] Michael Cocker, Frost, Dust and Tear Gas, Exploratory Mountaineering in the Peruvian Cordillera Carabaya, in: Alpine Journal 2008, p. 53-69

[5] themountains.com Maps of the Eastern Andes of Peru including two maps of the Carabaya mountain range (inactive website)

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Mountains

See also

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