Khunurana (Carabaya-Melgar)

Khunurana
Khunurana
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,553 m (18,219 ft) [1]
Coordinates 14°05′01″S 70°46′11″W / 14.08361°S 70.76972°W / -14.08361; -70.76972Coordinates: 14°05′01″S 70°46′11″W / 14.08361°S 70.76972°W / -14.08361; -70.76972 
Geography
Location Peru, Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Melgar Province
Parent range Andes, Willkanuta

Khunurana (Aymara for a variety of potato of the qhini group,[2] Hispanicized spellings Jonorana, Kunurana) is a 5,553-metre-high (18,219 ft) 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)


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