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Tunka Suka

Coordinates: 14°09′57″S 71°29′13″W / 14.16583°S 71.48694°W / -14.16583; -71.48694
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Tunka Suka
Tunka Suka is located in Peru
Tunka Suka
Tunka Suka
Peru
Highest point
Elevation4,000 m (13,000 ft)[1]
Coordinates14°09′57″S 71°29′13″W / 14.16583°S 71.48694°W / -14.16583; -71.48694
Geography
LocationPeru, Cusco Region, Canas Province
Parent rangeAndes

Tunka Suka (Aymara tunka ten, suka furrow,[2] "ten furrows", hispanicized spelling Tunga Suca) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 4,000 m (13,000 ft) high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Canas Province, Tupac Amaru District. Tunka Suka lies west of a town of that name (Tungasuca) and southwest of the large lake named Tunka Suka Quta in Aymara.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Canas Province (Cusco 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)