Kunkapata

Kunkapata

Chumpi (on the left) and Kunkapata (on the right) behind the lake Siwinaqucha
Highest point
Elevation 5,400 m (17,700 ft) [1]
Coordinates 13°45′45″S 71°03′37″W / 13.76250°S 71.06028°W / -13.76250; -71.06028Coordinates: 13°45′45″S 71°03′37″W / 13.76250°S 71.06028°W / -13.76250; -71.06028
Geography
Kunkapata

Peru

Parent range Andes, Willkanuta

Kunkapata (Aymara kunka throat, pata step,[2] Quechua kunka throat, pata elevated place / above, at the top / edge, bank (of a river), shore,[3][4] hispanicized spelling Cuncapata) is a mountain in the Willkanuta mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,400 metres (17,717 ft) high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, Pitumarca District. Kunkapata lies southwest of the mountain Hatun Ñañu Punta, north of the lake Siwinaqucha and southeast of Chumpi.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Quispicanchi Province 1 (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)
  3. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)


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