Chuta Kunka

Chuta Kunka
Chuta Kunka

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,000 m (16,000 ft) [1]
Coordinates 16°40′30″S 69°57′31″W / 16.67500°S 69.95861°W / -16.67500; -69.95861Coordinates: 16°40′30″S 69°57′31″W / 16.67500°S 69.95861°W / -16.67500; -69.95861
Geography
Location Peru, Puno Region
Parent range Andes

Chuta Kunka (Aymara chuta end of a terrain, border, kunka throat,[2] "border's throat", hispanicized spelling Chutacunca) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is located in the Puno Region, El Collao Province, Santa Rosa District, southeast of Sukata Laq'a and Chuqi Quta.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the El Collao 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) see: chuta, saywa and kunka


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