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Definition of Illampu
1. Noun. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (20,870 feet high).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Illampu
Literary usage of Illampu
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South America: Observations and Impressions by James Bryce Bryce (1912)
"Eight or nine great masses can be distinguished, the loftiest and northernmost
of which, illampu, is nearly 22000 feet high, the rest ranging from 19000 to ..."
2. The Earth and Its Inhabitants by Élisée Reclus (1894)
"illampu is followed along the main axis by other snowy peaks, ... Although it is
now known to be overtopped by illampu, Illimani, the second highest of ..."
3. The South American Tour by Annie Smith Peck (1913)
"The immense snow fields of illampu come into view soon after leaving ... This is
a big buttress of illampu, from the top of which one has a splendid view of ..."
4. Around & about South America: Apéndice al folleto los treinta y tres by Luis Melián Lafinur, Frank Vincent (1897)
"It contains the magnificent peaks of illampu or Sorata, ... while illampu is
nearly twenty-five thousand feet in height, and the highest mountain in South ..."
5. Around and about South America: Twenty Months of Quest and Query by Frank Vincent (1890)
"It contains the magnificent peaks of illampu or Sorata, Iluani Potosi, Illimani,
and others, none of which are less than fifteen thousand, while illampu is ..."
6. The Bolivian Andes: A Record of Climbing & Exploration in the Cordillera by William Martin Conway (1901)
"The Incas, I believe, worshipped it as a god, and named it illampu. ... Mount Sorata
is popularly called illampu in Bolivia nowadays, and Ancohuma is called ..."
7. Between the Andes and the Ocean: An Account of an Interesting Journey Down by William Eleroy Curtis (1900)
"The following is a list of peaks found by Professor Bailey to be more than 20000
feet in height: Aconcagua, Chile 23,2001024,760 illampu, Bolivia 21286 to ..."
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