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Wari Kunka (Peru)

Coordinates: 16°47′23″S 69°55′32″W / 16.78972°S 69.92556°W / -16.78972; -69.92556
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Wari Kunka
Wari Kunka is located in Peru
Wari Kunka
Wari Kunka
Peru
Highest point
Elevation4,800 m (15,700 ft)[1]
Coordinates16°47′23″S 69°55′32″W / 16.78972°S 69.92556°W / -16.78972; -69.92556
Geography
LocationPeru, Puno Region
Parent rangeAndes

Wari Kunka (Aymara wari vicuña, kunka throat,[2] "vicuña throat", wari kunka a medical plant (Thamnolia vermicularis),[3] Hispanicized spelling Huaricunca) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 4,800 metres (15,748 ft) high. It is situated in the Puno Region, El Collao Province, Santa Rosa District. It lies northeast of the lake Lurisquta, northwest of the mountain Janq'u Q'awa.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the El Collao 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. ^ C. Illana-Esteban, Lìquenes Usados en la Medicina Tradicional (Lichens used in traditional medicine), Departamento de Biología Vegetal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid