K'ank'awini

K'ank'awini
K'ank'awini

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,275 m (17,306 ft) [1]
Coordinates 17°00′31″S 70°30′30″W / 17.00861°S 70.50833°W / -17.00861; -70.50833Coordinates: 17°00′31″S 70°30′30″W / 17.00861°S 70.50833°W / -17.00861; -70.50833
Geography
Location Peru, Moquegua Region
Parent range Andes

K'ank'awini (Aymara k'ank'a opening, gap; crevice,[2] -wi, -ni suffixes, "the one with a place of crevices", Hispanicized spelling Cancavine) is a 5,275-metre-high (17,306 ft) mountain in the Andes of southern Peru. It is situated in the Moquegua Region, Mariscal Nieto Province, Torata District. K'ank'awini lies west of Apachita Limani.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Peru 1:100,000, Moquegua 2736, 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) see: Grietas o abertura de otras cosas
  3. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Mariscal Nieto Province (Moquegua Region)


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