Uqi Kunka

Uqi Kunka
Uqi Kunka

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,000 m (16,000 ft) [1]
Coordinates 14°04′59″S 70°52′26″W / 14.08306°S 70.87389°W / -14.08306; -70.87389Coordinates: 14°04′59″S 70°52′26″W / 14.08306°S 70.87389°W / -14.08306; -70.87389
Geography
Location Peru, Cusco Region
Parent range Andes, Willkanuta

Uqi Kunka (Aymara uqi brown, grey brown, kunka throat, Quechua uqi lead-colored, lead, kunka throat,[2][3] "brown (or lead-colored) throat", hispanicized spelling Ojecunca) is a mountain in the Willkanuta mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, in the districts of Checacupe and San Pablo. Uqi Kunka lies southwest of Jamp'atuni and Pumanuta. The Pumanuta River, an important tributary of the Willkanuta River, flows along its southern slope.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Melgar Province (Puno 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)


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