Ch'unch'uni

Ch'unch'uni
Ch'unch'uni

Peru

Elevation 5,000 m (16,000 ft)[1]
Location
Location Peru, Moquegua Region
Range Andes
Coordinates 16°17′34″S 70°22′26″W / 16.29278°S 70.37389°WCoordinates: 16°17′34″S 70°22′26″W / 16.29278°S 70.37389°W

Ch'unch'uni (Aymara ch'unch'u head,[2] -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with a head", ch'unch'uni murderer; full,[2] hispanicized spelling Chunchune) is mountain in the Andes of southern Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is situated in the Moquegua Region, General Sánchez Cerro Province, Ichuña District, northeast of Jukumarini Lake. Jaqhi Jaqhini lies west of the mountain Wallqani and north of Jaqhi Jaqhini.[1][3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Peru 1:100,000, Pichaccani 2838, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
  2. 2.0 2.1 Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  3. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the General Sánchez Cerro Province (Moquegua Region)