Ñauña (possibly from Quechua for arête)Consuelo Yáñez Cossío, Léxico ampliado quichua-español, español-quichua, Quito 2007, p. 64 is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is located in the

Cusco Region Cusco, also spelled Cuzco (; qu, Qusqu suyu ), is a department and region in Peru and is the fourth largest department in the country, after Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It borders the departments of Ucayali on the north; Madre de D ...

, Canchis Province, Pitumarca District, near the

Vilcanota mountain range The Cordillera Vilcanota ( Spanish ''cordillera'': "mountain range", Aymara Willkan Uta or Willkanuta: "house of the sun") is a mountain range located in Peru southeast of Cusco, on the boundary between the regions of Cusco and Puno. It extends ...

. Ñauña lies on a ridge between the rivers

Chillcamayu Chillcamayu (possibly from Quechua ''ch'illka'' '' baccharis'', ''mayu'' river, "baccharis river") which upstream is called Jampamayo and downstream Pitumarca is a river in Peru located in the Cusco Region Cusco, also spelled Cuzco (; qu, Q ...

and Yanamayu. It is situated northeast of the peak of Queullacocha and the lake of the same name.

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