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Mountain in Peru
Willkani
Willkani is located in PeruWillkaniWillkaniPeru
Highest point
Elevation5,200 m (17,100 ft)
Coordinates16°38′28″S 70°09′52″W / 16.64111°S 70.16444°W / -16.64111; -70.16444
Geography
LocationPeru, Moquegua Region
Parent rangeAndes

Willkani (willka or wilka Anadenanthera colubrina (a tree), Aymara willka sun,-ni a suffix, Hispanicized spelling Huilcane, Huilcani) is a mountain in the Andes of southern Peru, about 5,200 metres (17,060 ft) high. It is located in the Moquegua Region, Mariscal Nieto Province, Carumas District, southwest of Chaka Apachita.

References

  1. Peru 1:100,000, Hospicio 2837, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
  2. Mariko Namba Walter,Eva Jane Neumann Fridman, Shamanism: An Encyclopedia of World Beliefs, Practices, and Culture, Vol. 1, p. 439 willka or vilca (Anadenanthera peregrina and Anadenanthera colubrina)
  3. 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)
  4. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Mariscal Nieto Province (Moquegua Region)


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