K'awchini

K'awchini
K'awchini

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,000 m (16,000 ft) [1]
Coordinates 17°05′15″S 69°55′14″W / 17.08750°S 69.92056°W / -17.08750; -69.92056Coordinates: 17°05′15″S 69°55′14″W / 17.08750°S 69.92056°W / -17.08750; -69.92056
Geography
Location Peru, Puno Region, El Collao Province
Parent range Andes

K'awchini (Aymara k'awchi, k'awch'i big pot,[2] -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with a big pot", hispanicized spelling Cauchini) is a mountain in the Andes of southern Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is situated in the Puno Region, El Collao Province, Santa Rosa District. K'awchini lies northwest of the mountain Wilantani.[1][3]

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: K'awchi and Olla muy grande
  3. ↑ Peru 1:100,000, Challapalca 2936, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD


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