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Chuta Kunka

Coordinates: 16°40′30″S 69°57′31″W / 16.67500°S 69.95861°W / -16.67500; -69.95861
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Chuta Kunka
Chuta Kunka is located in Peru
Chuta Kunka
Chuta Kunka
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,000 m (16,000 ft)[1]
Coordinates16°40′30″S 69°57′31″W / 16.67500°S 69.95861°W / -16.67500; -69.95861
Geography
LocationPeru, Puno Region
Parent rangeAndes

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

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  1. ^ a b 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