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Llusk'a Rit'i (Corani)

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Elevation
  
5,200 m (17,100 ft)

Parent range
  
Andes, Willkanuta

Location
  
Peru, Puno Region

Llusk'a Rit'i (Corani)

Mountain range
  
Cordillera Vilcanota, Andes

Llusk'a Rit'i (Quechua llusk'a polished / slippery, rit'i snow, "polished snow" or "slippery snow", hispanicized spelling Llusca Ritti) is a mountain in the Willkanuta mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,200 metres (17,060 ft) high. It is located in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Corani District. Lluska Rit'i lies southeast of the mountains Taruka Sayana and Q'illu Sallayuq, southwest of the mountain Rit'i Wasi and north of the mountain Yana Sallayuq.

Intermittent streams originates northeast and southeast of Llusk'a Rit'i. Their waters flow to a lake named Khichu Suyt'uqucha (Quicho Suytococha) and then to the river Laq'amayu (Lajamayu).

References

Llusk'a Rit'i (Corani) Wikipedia