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Panti Usu

Coordinates: 16°58′15″S 70°7′12″W / 16.97083°S 70.12000°W / -16.97083; -70.12000
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Panti Usu
Panti Usu is located in Peru
Panti Usu
Panti Usu
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,500 m (18,000 ft)[1]
Coordinates16°58′15″S 70°7′12″W / 16.97083°S 70.12000°W / -16.97083; -70.12000
Geography
LocationPeru, Puno Region, El Collao Province, Tacna Region, Candarave Province
Parent rangeAndes

Panti Usu (Aymara panti a type of flower, usu illness,[2] Hispanicized spelling Pantiuso) is a mountain in the Andes of southern Peru, about 5,500 metres (18,045 ft) high. It lies on a high ridge southeast of Lake Wisk'acha and southwest of the lake Lurisquta. Panti Usu is situated in the Puno Region, El Collao Province, Santa Rosa District, and in the Tacna Region, Candarave Province, Candarave District.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Candarave Province (Tacna Region)
  2. ^ 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)