K'ayrani

K'ayrani
K'ayrani

Location within Peru

Elevation 4,600[1] m (15,100 ft)
Location
Location Peru
Range Andes
Coordinates 14°30′06″S 69°24′19″W / 14.50167°S 69.40528°WCoordinates: 14°30′06″S 69°24′19″W / 14.50167°S 69.40528°W

K'ayrani (Aymara k'ayra frog,[2] -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with a frog (or frogs)", also spelled Jairani) is a mountain north of the Apolobamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 4,600-metre (15,092 ft) high. It is located in the Puno Region, Sandia Province, Quiaca District. Near K'ayrani there are various little lakes. The largest of them is Ch'uxñaquta ("green lake", Choccñacota, Chojñecota) in the southwest.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Sandia Province (Puno Region)
  2. 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)