Vinicunca
Vinicunca is an impressive mountain range in the Southern Sierra of Peru, perched at an elevation of over 5,200 meters. It's best known for its unusual, bright, and attractive colors.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Christian Morales Callo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Danielowho, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 5,200 metres
- Description: rainbow mountain of Peru, touristic venue
- Also known as: “Cerro Colorado”, “Montaña Arcoiris”, “Mountain of Seven Colors”, “Rainbow mountain”, “Rainbow Mountain”, and “Winikunka”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Jatunrritioc and Huasacocha.
Jatunrritioc
Peak
Jatunrritioc is a mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru, 5,080 metres high. It lies in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, Pitumarca District, and in the Quispicanchi Province, Cusipata District.
Huasacocha
Peak
Huasacocha is a mountain at a small lake of the same name in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,400 metres high. It lies in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, Pitumarca District, and in the Quispicanchi Province, in the districts Cusipata and Ocongate.
Vinicunca
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Pitumarca District, Canchis Province, Cuzco Department, Southern Sierra, Peru, South America
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Latitude
-13.8679° or 13° 52′ 4″ southLongitude
-71.303° or 71° 18′ 11″ westElevation
5,200 metres (17,060 feet)Height
5,036 metres (16,522 feet)Open location code
57RC4MJW+VROpenStreetMap ID
node 5992162402OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
11818087Wikidata ID
Q28025526
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Vinicunca” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جبال فينيكونكا”
- Armenian: “Վինիկունկա”
- Bengali: “ভিনিকুনকা”
- Catalan: “Vinicunca”
- Catalan: “Winikunka”
- Chinese: “彩虹山”
- Czech: “Duhová hora”
- Czech: “Vinicunca”
- Dutch: “Vinicunca”
- Dutch: “Winikunka”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل ڤينيكونكا”
- Esperanto: “Vinicunca”
- Esperanto: “Winikunka”
- Estonian: “Vinicunca”
- Estonian: “Winikunka”
- Finnish: “Vinicunca”
- French: “Vinicunca”
- French: “Winikunka”
- Galician: “Vinicunca”
- Galician: “Winikunka”
- German: “Regenbogen-Berg”
- German: “Vinicunca”
- German: “Winikunka”
- Greek: “Vinicunca”
- Hebrew: “הר הצבעים”
- Hebrew: “הר הקשת בענן”
- Hebrew: “הר שבעת הצבעים”
- Hebrew: “ויניקונקה”
- Hindi: “विनिकुन्का”
- Indonesian: “Vinicunca”
- Italian: “Montagna Arcobaleno di Vinicunca”
- Italian: “Montaña Arcoiris”
- Italian: “Rainbow mountain”
- Italian: “Vinicunca Rainbow Mountain”
- Italian: “Vinicunca”
- Italian: “Winikunka”
- Japanese: “ヴィニクンカ”
- Japanese: “ビニクンカ”
- Japanese: “レインボーマウンテン”
- Kara-Kalpak: “Vinicunca”
- Korean: “비니쿤카”
- Malayalam: “വിനികുൻക”
- Malayalam: “റെയിൻബോ മൗണ്ടൻ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vinicunca”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Winikunka”
- Portuguese: “Cerro Colorado”
- Portuguese: “Montaña Arcoiris”
- Portuguese: “Vinicunca”
- Portuguese: “Winikunka”
- Quechua: “Winikunka”
- Russian: “Виникунка”
- Russian: “Рэйнбоу Маунтэйн, Цветочная гора, Семицветная гора”
- Scots: “Vinicunca”
- Scots: “Winikunka”
- Slovenian: “Vinicunca”
- Spanish: “Cerro Colorado”
- Spanish: “Montaña Arcoiris”
- Spanish: “Montaña de Colores”
- Spanish: “Montaña de Siete Colores”
- Spanish: “Vinicunca”
- Spanish: “Winikunka”
- Venetian: “Montagna Arcobaleno de Vinicunca”
- Vietnamese: “Vinicunca”
- Vietnamese: “Winikunka”
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