Wari Kunka Explained

Wari Kunka
Elevation M:5120
Elevation Ref:[1]
Location:Bolivia,
La Paz Department
José Manuel Pando Province
Range:Andes
Map:Bolivia
Label Position:right
Map Size:200
Coordinates:-17.2189°N -69.4089°W

Wari Kunka (Aymara wari vicuña, kunka throat, "vicuña throat", wari kunka a medical plant (Thamnolia vermicularis),[2] Hispanicized spelling Huaricunca) is a 5120m (16,800feet) mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is situated in the La Paz Department, José Manuel Pando Province, at the border of the Catacora Municipality and the Santiago de Machaca Municipality. Wari Kunka lies southeast of Patapatani, northeast of Sinijawi and southeast of Jisk'a Wari Kunka ("little Wari Kunka"). An intermittent stream named Salla Uma ("cliff water", Sallahuma) originates southwest of the mountain. It flows to the west where it meets Jaruma River as a left tributary.[1] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Sinejavi 5742-III
  2. 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
  3. Web site: Catacora. . INE, Bolivia. November 7, 2014.