Khunurana (Carabaya-Melgar)

Khunurana
Khunurana

Peru

Elevation 5,553 m (18,219 ft)[1]
Location
Location Peru, Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Melgar Province
Range Andes, Willkanuta
Coordinates 14°05′01″S 70°46′11″W / 14.08361°S 70.76972°WCoordinates: 14°05′01″S 70°46′11″W / 14.08361°S 70.76972°W

Khunurana (Aymara for a variety of potato of the qhini group,[2] hispanicized spellings Jonorana, Kunurana) is a 5,553-metre (18,219 ft) high mountain in the Willkanuta mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is situated in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Corani District, and in the Melgar Province, Nuñoa District. Khunurana lies east of Hatunk'uchu and southeast of Jamp'atuni and Pumanuta.[3]

References

  1. Peru 1:100,000, Palca 2742, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
  2. "Diccionario Bilingüe, Castellano - Aymara, 2002". Félix Layme Pairumani. Retrieved January 18, 2015. (see: Variedad de papa qhini)
  3. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Melgar Province (Puno Region)