Huaypun (possibly from Quechua waypu a name applied for different species of Tinamidae, Nothoprocta pentlandii, Rhynchotus rufescens and Rhynchotus maculicollis,[2][3] -n a suffix) is a mountain in the Cusco Region in Peru, about 4,200 metres (13,780 ft) high. It is situated in the Calca Province, San Salvador District, and in the Quispicanchi Province, Oropesa District.[1] Huaypun lies on the western bank of the Vilcanota River, southeast of Pachatusan and southwest of Tauja.

Huaypun
Cusco with the mountains Pillku Urqu (on the left), Pachatusan (center) and Huaypun in the background
Highest point
Elevation4,200 m (13,800 ft)[1]
Coordinates13°32′54″S 71°45′42″W / 13.54833°S 71.76167°W / -13.54833; -71.76167
Naming
Language of nameQuechua
Geography
Huaypun is located in Peru
Huaypun
Huaypun
Peru
LocationPeru, Cusco Region, Calca Province
Parent rangeAndes

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  1. ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Calca Province (Cusco Region) (unnamed)
  2. ^ Martín R. de la Peña, Diccionario de nombres vulgares de las Aves de Argentina, Serie Naturaleza, Conservación y Sociedad, No. 1, 2011
  3. ^ Juan Carlos Chebez, Alejandro Mouchard, Lucas Rodríguez, Ornitonimia popular y científica de las aves argentinas II. (Tinamiformes, Sphenisciformes y Podicipediformes), in Nótulas Faunísticas, Segunda Serie, 65, 2011, see p. 5: Rhynchotus maculicollis Gray, 1867 (guaipo, huaipo, guaypo, waypo (QU))