Huaytapallana

Huaytapallana (possibly from in the Quechua spelling Waytapallana; wayta wild flower, a little bunch of flowers, pallay to collect, pallana an instrument to collect fruit / collectable, Waytapallana "a place where you collect wild flowers",[1][2]) or Lasuntay is the highest peak in the Huaytapallana mountain range in the Andes of Peru.[3] Its summit reaches about 5,557 m (18,232 ft) above sea level. The mountain is situated in the Junín Region, Huancayo Province, in the districts of Huancayo and Pariahuanca.[4]

For the mountain east of the Waytapallana mountain range near Aychana, Peru, see Waytapallana (Aychana).
Huaytapallana
Highest point
Elevation5,557 m (18,232 ft)
ListingList of mountains in the Andes
Coordinates11°54′29″S 75°03′15″W 
Geography
Huaytapallana
Peru
LocationPeru, Junín Region, Huancayo Province, Huancayo District, Pariahuanca District
Parent rangeAndes, Huaytapallana

References
  1. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  2. Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua_Spanish dictionary)
  3. Evelio Echevarría, Cordillera Huaytapallana, Peru, in: The Alpine Journal, 2009, p. 161-167
  4. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huancayo Province (Junín Region)


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