Huayna Cotoni or Wayna Qutuni(

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''wayna'' young (man), bachelor, ''qutu'' heap, pile, ''-ni'' a

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to indicate ownership ("the one with a heap"), '' Qutuni'' a neighboring mountain, "young Qutuni", Hispanicized spellings ''Huayna Cotoni, Huaynacotoni, Huaynacutuni'') is a mountain in the ''

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'' in the

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, about high. It is located in the

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, Yauyos Province, on the border of the districts of Ayaviri, Quinches and

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. Huayna Cotoni is in a sub-range of the Cordillera Central named Pichqa Waqra (Quechua for "five horns", also spelled ''Pichcahuajra'') on the southern border of the

Nor Yauyos-Cochas Landscape Reserve The Nor Yauyos-Cochas Landscape Reserve () is a protected area in Peru located in the Lima Region, Yauyos Province and in the Junín Region, Jauja Province. It lies with the Peruvian Yungas and Central Andean wet puna ecoregions. Sima Pumaqu ...

. It lies between the lakes named Tikllaqucha in the north and Huayna Cotoni in the south, southwest of the peak of Qutuni and south of Aqupallqa.escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yauyos Province (Lima Region) Distrito de Ayaviri Yauyos

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