Condori (La Unión)

Condori (possibly from Aymara for condor)[2] is a mountain in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,200 metres (17,060 ft) high. It is situated in the Arequipa Region, La Unión Province, Puyca District, south of the lake named Ranracocha. Condori lies near Pichirhua and south of the river Ojoruro (possibly from Aymara and Quechua for Mimulus glabratus),[3][4] also known as Sumana or Cotahuasi,[1][5] which flows to the Cotahuasi Canyon in the southwest.

This article is about the mountain in the La Unión Province, Arequipa Region, Peru. For other uses, see Kunturi.
Condori
Condori is located in Peru
Condori
Condori
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,200 m (17,100 ft)[1]
Coordinates14°54′32″S 72°22′45″W
Geography
LocationPeru, Arequipa Region, La Unión Province
Parent rangeAndes, Huanzo

See also

References
  1. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the La Unión Province (Arequipa Region)
  2. "Diccionario Bilingüe, Castellano - Aymara, 2002". Félix Layme Pairumani. Archived from the original on September 2, 2013. Retrieved July 6, 2014.
  3. Guillermo Cutipa Añamuro, Chacra qarpaña: Regando la chacra, IECTA, Iquique - Chile 2005, p. 26
  4. Christine Franquemont, Timothy Plowman, Edward Franquemont, Steven R. King, Christine Niezgoda, Wade Davis, Calvin R. Sperling (1990), The Ethnobotany of Chinchero, an Andean Community in Southern Peru. Fieldiana Botany, New Series No. 24, 1-126.
  5. "South America Maps". Joint Operations Graphic. Retrieved July 23, 2014.


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