Cuncunani
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| Cuncunani | |
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| File:Quelccaya Ice Cap on 2010 25 09.jpg The glaciated area of Quelccaya with Cuncunani on the right (NASA, 2010) | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 5,400 m (17,700 ft)[1] |
| Coordinates | Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
| Geography | |
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| Location | Peru, Puno Region |
| Parent range | Andes, Vilcanota |
Cuncunani (possibly from Aymara kunkuna a plant (Distichia muscoides),[2] -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with kunkuna") is a mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,400 metres (17,717 ft) high. It is situated in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Corani District. Cuncunani lies in the east of the large glaciated area of Quelccaya (Quechua for "snow plain") and southeast of Cunorana.[1]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Carabaya Province (Puno Region)
- ^ Jorge Araya-Presa, Francisco A. Squeo, Lina Barrientos, Eliana Belmonte, Manuel Mamani, Gina Arancio, Manual de Plantas y Canciones en Aymara, PROYECTO EXPLORA-CONICYT ED7/02/085: Etnobotánica y Etnomusicología Aymara: Divulgación de la sabiduría ancestral sobre plantas nativas del Altiplano de Arica, Chile, 2003
