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Mountain in Peru
K'ank'awini
K'ank'awini is located in PeruK'ank'awiniK'ank'awiniPeru
Highest point
Elevation5,275 m (17,306 ft)
Coordinates17°00′31″S 70°30′30″W / 17.00861°S 70.50833°W / -17.00861; -70.50833
Geography
LocationMoquegua Region, Peru
Parent rangeAndes

K'ank'awini (Aymara k'ank'a opening, gap; crevice, -wi, -ni suffixes, "the one with a place of crevices", Hispanicized spelling Cancavine) is a 5,275-metre-high (17,306 ft) mountain in the Andes of southern Peru. It is situated in the Moquegua Region, Mariscal Nieto Province, Torata District. K'ank'awini lies west of Apachita Limani.

References

  1. Peru 1:100,000, Moquegua 2736, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
  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: Grietas o abertura de otras cosas
  3. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Mariscal Nieto Province (Moquegua Region)


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