The Urubamba mountain range (possibly from

Quechua Quechua may refer to: *Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru *Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language **So ...

''uru'' spider, ''pampa'' a plain) lies 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 ...

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.The American Alpine Journal, Vol. 15, No. 2, Issue 47, 1973, p. 389. ''Cordillera Urubamba'' It extends in a northwesterly direction between 13°08' and 13°17'S and 71°58' and 72°16'W for about 30 km.

Toponyms

Most of the names in the range originate from

and

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 ...

. They used to be spelled according to a mainly Spanish-based orthography which is incompatible with the normalized spellings of these languages and Law 29735 which regulates the 'use, preservation, development, recovery, promotion and diffusion of the original languages of Peru'. According to Article 20 of ''Decreto Supremo No 004-2016-MC'' (Supreme Decree) which approves the Regulations to Law 29735, published in the official newspaper El Peruano on July 22, 2016, adequate spellings of the toponyms in the normalized alphabets of the indigenous languages must progressively be proposed with the aim of standardizing the namings used by the ''IGN''. The ''IGN'' realizes the necessary changes in the official maps of Peru. These changes are part of a process to promote and preserve the indigenous languages. Hints to wrong spellings are terms containing ''hua'' and ''hui'' (instead of ''wa'' and ''wi''), "e", "o", "ca", "cu", "qu" or

diphthong A diphthong ( ; , ), also known as a gliding vowel, is a combination of two adjacent vowel sounds within the same syllable. Technically, a diphthong is a vowel with two different targets: that is, the tongue (and/or other parts of the speech o ...

s among others.

Mountains

The highest mountains in the range are Veronica at and Sahuasiray at . Other mountains are listed below:Mapa de peligros de la ciudad de Calca, Informe final, Proyecto INDECI – PNUD PER / 02/ 051, Ciudades sostenibles (see map of Calca, unnamed) *

Chicón Chicón or Chicon (possibly from Quechua ''ch'iqu'' workable stone) is a mountain in the Urubamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, Calca District and in the Urubamba Province ...

, * Sirihuani, * Halancoma, * Huajayhuillca, * Marconi, *

Pumahuanca Pumahuanca, Pumahuanja (possibly from Quechua ''puma'' cougar, puma, ''wank'a'' rock, "puma rock") or Yucay is a mountain in the Urubamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, on the boundary between Calca a ...

, * Ancasmarca, * Condorhuachana, * Huamanchoque, * Ccerayoc, * Capacsaya, * Huacratanca, * Ajosune, * Huarmaripayoc, *

Pitusiray Pitusiray is a mountain in the Urubamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, Calca District Calca District is one of eight districts of the province Calca in Peru , image_flag ...

, * Canchacanchajasa, * Azulorjo, * Chaquicocha, * Parorjo, * Apurinru, * Pucajasa, * Pumacallanca, * Yana Orjo, * Yanaorcco (Lares), * Pucaorjo, * Sutoc, * Patacancha, * Coscojahuarina, * Jatun Huiscana, * Llamayojcasa, * Coscojahuarina (Calca), * Quellorjo, * Puquiopata, * Yurac Orjo, * Maquimaquiyoc,

References

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