Culi (mountain)

Culi (possibly from Aymara for stripes of different colors on the shirt or undershirt which the Andean people wear)^[2] is a 5,290-metre-high (17,356 ft) mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, Checacupe District, and in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Corani District. Culi lies south of the mountain Otoroncane, west of Sapanuta, northwest of Pomanota and Jampatune and southeast of Sayrecucho and Tutallipina.^[3] The river Pomanota originates southeast of the mountain. It flows to the southwest as a tributary of Vilcanota River.^[4]

Culi
Culi Location within Peru
Highest point
Elevation	5,290[1] m (17,360 ft)
Coordinates	14°03′53″S 70°49′52″W
Geography
Location	Peru
Parent range	Andes, Vilcanota

References

1. Peru 1:100,000, Palca 2742, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD, 1993
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)
3. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Carabaya Province (Puno Region)
4. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Canis Province (Cusco Region)