P'isaqa Kunka

For the mountain in the Tacna Region, Peru, see K'ank'awi.
P'isaqa Kunka
K'ank'awi
P'isaqa Kunka

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 4,900 m (16,100 ft) [1]
Coordinates 16°45′26″S 70°00′24″W / 16.75722°S 70.00667°W / -16.75722; -70.00667Coordinates: 16°45′26″S 70°00′24″W / 16.75722°S 70.00667°W / -16.75722; -70.00667
Geography
Location Peru, Puno Region
Parent range Andes

P'isaqa Kunka (Aymara p'isaqa Nothoprocta, kunka throat,[2] "p'isaqa's throat", hispanicized spelling Pisaccacunca)[1] or K'ank'awi (Aymara k'ank'a opening, gap; crevice,[3] -wi a suffix to indicate a place, "a place of crevices", hispanicized spelling Cancahui) )[4] is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 4,900 metres (16,076 ft) high. It is located in the Puno Region, El Collao Province, Santa Rosa District, north of a lake named Lurisquta. P'isaqa Kunka lies southwest of Kuntur Wawachawi.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Peru 1:100,000, Hospicio 2837, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
  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. ↑ 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: Grietas o abertura de otras cosas
  4. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Mariscal Nieto Province (Moquegua Region)


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