Kunka
Kunka (Aymara and Quechua for 'throat, gullet, neck, voice', Hispanicized spelling Cunca) is a mountain in the La Raya mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is situated at the La Raya Pass and the road and rail which connect Cusco with Lake Titicaca. It is located in the Cusco Region, Canas Province, Layo District, and in the Puno Region, Melgar Province, Santa Rosa District, and about 5,200 metres (17,060 ft) high. Kunka lies southwest of the mountains Yana Khuchilla and Chimpulla. Other neighboring mountains are Huch'uy K'uchu north of it and Hatun Ichhuna Kunka in the south. Between the road and the mountain is a small lake, Q'umirqucha (Quechua q'umir 'green', qucha 'lake', 'green lake', Comercocha).
North of Kunka is a stream called Hatun K'uchu (Quechua for 'big corner', Hispanicized Atuncucho). It is an affluent of the Willkanuta River which originates near the pass.
Images
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Train near La Raya station with Kunka (center) in the background
References
- ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Melgar Province (Puno Region)
- ^ 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)
- ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
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