Ch'uñuna

Ch'uñuna
Ch'uñuna

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,100 m (16,700 ft) [1]
Coordinates 13°33′39″S 71°08′54″W / 13.56083°S 71.14833°W / -13.56083; -71.14833Coordinates: 13°33′39″S 71°08′54″W / 13.56083°S 71.14833°W / -13.56083; -71.14833
Geography
Location Peru, Cusco Region, Quispicanchi Province
Parent range Andes, Willkanuta

Ch'uñuna (Quechua ch'uñu a freeze-dried potato, -na a suffix,[2] "where ch'uñu is made", also spelled Chuñuna) is mountain in the Willkanuta mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,100 metres (16,732 ft) high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Quispicanchi Province, on the border of the districts of Marcapata and Ocongate. Ch'uñuna lies southwest of Anka Wachana and southeast of Qullqip'unqu and Wilaquta.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map of the Quispicanchi Province 1 (Cusco Region)]
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)


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