Quillunza
Quillunza is a village in Cotahuasi District, La Unión Province, Arequipa. Quillunza is situated nearby to the hamlet Cascavilca, as well as near Taccac.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Huiñao.
Huiñao
Peak
Photo: Manouel, Public domain.
Huiñao is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 3,645 metres high. It lies in the Arequipa Region, La Unión Province, Cotahuasi District. What makes the mountain so special among the much higher mountains surrounding it is that it is situated in the Cotahuasi Canyon and that there are good panoramic views from its top across the Cotahuasi Canyon and the surrounding mountains.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cotahuasi and Cotahuasi Canyon.
Cotahuasi
Town
Cotahuasi is a town in Southern Peru, capital of the province La Unión in the region of Arequipa.
Cotahuasi Canyon
Photo: Ivan Mlinaric, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cotahuasi Canyon, near the city of Arequipa in Peru, is one of the deepest canyons in the world. With a depth of approximately 3,354 metres, as defined as the difference in elevation at river level and the peak of a mountain alongside the canyon, it is more than twice as deep as the Grand Canyon.
Quillunza
- Type: Village
- Also known as: “Quillunsa”
- Category: locality
- Location: Cotahuasi District, La Unión Province, Arequipa, Peru, South America
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Latitude
-15.22722° or 15° 13′ 38″ southLongitude
-72.88277° or 72° 52′ 58″ westOpen location code
57P9Q4F8+4VOpenStreetMap ID
node 3519504829OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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