Otoroncane (mountain)
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Otoroncane (possibly from
Aymara Aymara may refer to: Languages and people * Aymaran languages, the second most widespread Andean language ** Aymara language, the main language within that family ** Central Aymara, the other surviving branch of the Aymara(n) family, which today ...
''uturunqa, uturunqha, uturunqu, uturunqhu'' tiger see: ''Tigre'' and ''Uturunqha'' (here referring to the
jaguar The jaguar (''Panthera onca'') is a large felidae, cat species and the only extant taxon, living member of the genus ''Panthera'' that is native to the Americas. With a body length of up to and a weight of up to , it is the biggest cat spe ...
), ''-ni'' a
suffix In linguistics, a suffix is an affix which is placed after the stem of a word. Common examples are case endings, which indicate the grammatical case of nouns and adjectives, and verb endings, which form the conjugation of verbs. Suffixes can ca ...
to indicate ownership, "the one with the jaguar") is a mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the
Andes The Andes ( ), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (; ) are the List of longest mountain chains on Earth, longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range ...
of
Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...
. It is situated in the
Puno Region Puno () is a department and region in southeastern Peru. It is the fifth largest department in Peru, after Cuzco, Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It is bordered by Bolivia on the east, the departments of Madre de Dios on the north, Cusc ...
, Carabaya Province,
Corani District Corani (from Aymara Qurani, meaning "the one with herbs") is one of ten districts of the Carabaya Province in Peru. Geography The southern section of the Willkanuta mountain range traverses the district. Some of the highest peaks of the distri ...
. Otoroncane lies northwest of the mountains
Pomanota Pomanota (possibly from Aymara ''puma'' cougar, puma, ''-n(i)'' a suffix, ''uta'' house, "house of the puma") is a mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, ...
,
Jampatune Jampatune (possibly from Aymara ''jamp'atu, jamp'at'u'' frog, ''-ni'' a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with a frog") is a mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about high. Geography It is situated in the Cusco ...
and Sapanuta. The river Challapampa (possibly from Aymara for "sand plain") flows along its southern slopes.escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Carabaya Province (Puno Region)


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Mountains of the Department of Puno Five-thousanders of the Andes {{Puno-geo-stub