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Cunorana (Carabaya)

Coordinates: 13°52′26″S 70°48′00″W / 13.87389°S 70.80000°W / -13.87389; -70.80000
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Cunorana
The glaciated Quelccaya area with Cunorana shown in the upper right part of this image (NASA, 2010)
Highest point
Elevation5,300 m (17,400 ft)[1]
Coordinates13°52′26″S 70°48′00″W / 13.87389°S 70.80000°W / -13.87389; -70.80000
Geography
Cunorana is located in Peru
Cunorana
Cunorana
Peru
LocationPeru, Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Corani District
Parent rangeAndes, Vilcanota

Cunorana (possibly from Aymara for a variety of potato of the qhini group,[2]) is a mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,300 metres (17,388 ft) high. It is situated in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Corani District. Cunorana lies southeast of Millo in the northeastern part of the large glaciated area of Quelccaya (Quechua for "snow plain").[1]

References

  1. ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Carabaya Province (Puno Region)
  2. ^ "Diccionario Bilingüe, Castellano - Aymara, 2002". Félix Layme Pairumani. Retrieved January 22, 2015. (see: Variedad de papa qhini)