Quña Quñani Explained

Quña Quñani
Elevation M:5006
Elevation Ref:[1]
Location:Bolivia,
La Paz Department, Larecaja Province
Range:Andes, Cordillera Real
Map:Bolivia
Label Position:right
Map Size:200
Coordinates:-15.9042°N -68.5678°W

Quña Quñani (Aymara quña wool of a lamb, quña quña hair of the body,[2] -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, also spelled Kuna Kunani, Kuña Kuñani) is a 5006m (16,424feet) mountain in the north of the Cordillera Real in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the La Paz Department, Larecaja Province, Sorata Municipality. Quña Quñani lies south of the Janq'u Uma-Illampu massif between the lakes Laram Quta ("blue lake", Laram Kkota) in the northwest and Warawarani (Huara Huarani) and Jisk'a Warawarani (Jiskha Huara Huarani) in the east and southeast. It is situated north and northwest of the mountains Salluyu (Salluyo) and Janq'u K'ark'a.[1] [3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Cordillera Real Nord (Illampu) - Bolivien - 1:50 000 Deutscher Alpenverein 1987
  2. see: Quña and Vello del cuerpo
  3. Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Warizata 5846-II
  4. Web site: Sorata. . INE, Bolivia. December 6, 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141006070136/http://www.ine.gob.bo/publicaciones/visorPdf.aspx?Codigo=020601&tipo=1. October 6, 2014.