Khunuyu

Khunuyu
Khunuyu
Location in Bolivia, on the border with Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,100 m (16,700 ft) [1]
Coordinates 14°35′40″S 69°13′39″W / 14.59444°S 69.22750°W / -14.59444; -69.22750Coordinates: 14°35′40″S 69°13′39″W / 14.59444°S 69.22750°W / -14.59444; -69.22750 
Geography
Location Bolivia–Peru border
Parent range Andes

Khunuyu (Aymara khunu snow, uyu corral,[2] "snow corral", also spelled Cunuyo) is a mountain in the north of the Apolobamba mountain range on the border of Bolivia and Peru.[3] It is about 5,100 metres (16,732 ft) high. On the Bolivian side it is located in the La Paz Department, Franz Tamayo Province, Pelechuco Municipality, and on the Peruvian side it lies in the Puno Region, Putina Province, Sina District. Khunuyu is situated southwest of the mountain Luqhu Phawchinta and east of Lusuqucha.[1][4]

Khunuyu is also the name of a river which originates near the mountain. It flows to the northeast.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Putina 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)
  3. 1 2 Bolivia 1:100,000, Pelechuco 3041, Map prepared and published by the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, Fairfax, VA, in collaboration with the Instituto Geográfico Militar of Bolivia
  4. ↑ "Pelechuco". ine.gob.bo. Archived from the original on December 7, 2014. Retrieved December 13, 2014.


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