Qiwñuta

Qiwñuta
Qiwñuta

Location within Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,200 m (17,100 ft)[1]
Coordinates 17°37′19″S 69°45′13″W / 17.62194°S 69.75361°W / -17.62194; -69.75361Coordinates: 17°37′19″S 69°45′13″W / 17.62194°S 69.75361°W / -17.62194; -69.75361
Geography
Location Peru, Tacna Region
Parent range Andes

Qiwñuta (Aymara qiwña a kind of tree (polylepis), uta house,[2] "qiwña house", hispanicized spelling Queñuta) is a mountain in the Andes of southern Peru, about 5,200 metres (17,060 ft) high. It is located in the Tacna Region, Tacna Province, Palca District, near the Chilean border. The mountain lies southeast of Janq'u Chawllani and Wanq'uni.[1]

Qiwñuta (Queñuta) is also the name of an intermittent stream north of the mountain. It flows to Laguna Blanca in the east along an unpopulated place of that name (Queuñuta).[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Tarata Province (Tacna 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)


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