Khunurana (Carabaya-Melgar)

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Khunurana
Khunurana
Peru
Elevation 5,550 m (18,209 ft)
Location
Location Peru, Puno Region
Range Andes, Willkanuta
Coordinates 14°05′01″S 70°46′11″W / 14.08361°S 70.76972°W / -14.08361; -70.76972Coordinates: 14°05′01″S 70°46′11″W / 14.08361°S 70.76972°W / -14.08361; -70.76972

Khunurana (Aymara, khunu snow,[1]khunurana "highest snow covered peak",[2] hispanicized spellings Jonorana, Kunurana) is a mountain in the Willkanuta mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,550 metres (18,209 ft) high.[3] It is situated in the Puno Region on the border of the provinces Carabaya and Melgar. Khunurana lies south east the mountain Quyllur Puñuna, the highest elevation on the Quelccaya Ice Cap.


References

  1. ↑ Ludovico Bertonio, Aymara-Spanish dictionary (transcription, spelling of unified Aymara): Khunu (s.) - Nieve caída en el suelo.
  2. ↑ Rasgos de implicancia étnica como eje potencial de cultura aymara en el medio rural: ... la existencia de toponimias aymaras como las denominaciones "K'unurana" que significa "pico nevado más alto'" de la zona ...
  3. ↑ allthemountains.com Map of a part of the Willkanuta mountain range



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