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Quña Quñani

Coordinates: 15°54′15″S 68°34′04″W / 15.90417°S 68.56778°W / -15.90417; -68.56778
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Quña Quñani
Quña Quñani is located in Bolivia
Quña Quñani
Quña Quñani
Location in Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation5,006 m (16,424 ft)[1]
Coordinates15°54′15″S 68°34′04″W / 15.90417°S 68.56778°W / -15.90417; -68.56778
Geography
LocationBolivia,
La Paz Department, Larecaja Province
Parent rangeAndes, Cordillera Real

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 5,006-metre-high (16,424 ft) 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]

References

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  1. ^ a b Cordillera Real Nord (Illampu) - Bolivien - 1:50 000 Deutscher Alpenverein 1987
  2. ^ 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) see: Quña and Vello del cuerpo
  3. ^ Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Warizata 5846-II
  4. ^ "Sorata". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved December 6, 2014.