Cunuyo Explained

Cunuyo
Elevation M:5100
Elevation Ref:[1]
Location:BoliviaPeru border
Range:Andes, Apolobamba
Map:Bolivia
Label Position:right
Map Size:200
Coordinates:-14.5944°N -69.2275°W

Cunuyo (possibly from Aymara khunu snow, uyu corral, "snow corral") is a mountain in the north of the Apolobamba mountain range on the border of Bolivia and Peru.[2] It is about 5100m (16,700feet) high. On the Bolivian side it is located in the La Paz Department, Franz Tamayo Province, Pelechuco Municipality, and on the Peruvian side it lies in the Puno Region, Putina Province, Sina District. Cunuyo is situated southwest of the mountain Locopauchenta and east of Losojocha.[1] [3]

Cunuyo is also the name of a river which originates near the mountain. It flows to the northeast.[2]

Notes and References

  1. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Putina Province (Puno Region)
  2. Bolivia 1:100,000, Pelechuco 3041, Map prepared and published by the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, Fairfax, VA, in collaboration with the Instituto Geográfico Militar of Bolivia
  3. Web site: Pelechuco . ine.gob.bo . December 13, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141207134348/http://www.ine.gob.bo/publicaciones/visorPdf.aspx?Codigo=020702&tipo=1 . December 7, 2014 .