Quña Quñani

Quña Quñani
Quña Quñani

Location in Bolivia

Elevation 5,006 m (16,424 ft)[1]
Location
Location Bolivia,
La Paz Department, Larecaja Province
Range Andes, Cordillera Real
Coordinates 15°54′15″S 68°34′04″W / 15.90417°S 68.56778°WCoordinates: 15°54′15″S 68°34′04″W / 15.90417°S 68.56778°W

Quña Quñani (Aymara quña wool of a lamb, quña quña hair of the body,[2] -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, also spelled Kuna Kunani, Kuña Kuñani) is a 5,006-metre (16,424 ft) high mountain in the north of the Cordillera Real in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the La Paz Department, Larecaja Province, Sorata Municipality. Quña Quñani lies south of the Janq'u Uma-Illampu massif between the lakes Laram Quta ("blue lake", Laram Kkota) in the northwest and Warawarani (Huara Huarani) and Jisk'a Warawarani (Jiskha Huara Huarani) in the east and southeast. It is situated north and northwest of the mountains Salluyu (Salluyo) and Janq'u K'ark'a.[1][3][4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cordillera Real Nord (Illampu) - Bolivien - 1:50 000 Deutscher Alpenverein 1987
  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) see: Quña and Vello del cuerpo
  3. ↑ Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Warizata 5846-II
  4. ↑ "Sorata". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved December 6, 2014.