Ch'unch'uni

Ch'unch'uni
Ch'unch'uni

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,000 m (16,000 ft) [1]
Coordinates 16°17′34″S 70°22′26″W / 16.29278°S 70.37389°W / -16.29278; -70.37389Coordinates: 16°17′34″S 70°22′26″W / 16.29278°S 70.37389°W / -16.29278; -70.37389
Geography
Location Peru, Moquegua Region
Parent range Andes

Ch'unch'uni (Aymara ch'unch'u head,[2] -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with a head", ch'unch'uni murderer; full,[2] hispanicized spelling Chunchune) is mountain in the Andes of southern Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is situated in the Moquegua Region, General Sánchez Cerro Province, Ichuña District, northeast of Jukumarini Lake. Jaqhi Jaqhini lies west of the mountain Wallqani and north of Jaqhi Jaqhini.[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 Peru 1:100,000, Pichaccani 2838, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
  2. 1 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. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the General Sánchez Cerro Province (Moquegua Region)


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