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Cunuyo
Cunuyo is located in BoliviaCunuyoCunuyoLocation in Bolivia, on the border with Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,100 m (16,700 ft)
Coordinates14°35′40″S 69°13′39″W / 14.59444°S 69.22750°W / -14.59444; -69.22750
Geography
LocationBoliviaPeru border
Parent rangeAndes, Apolobamba

Cunuyo (possibly from Aymara khunu snow, uyu corral, "snow corral") is a mountain in the north of the Apolobamba mountain range on the border of Bolivia and Peru. It is about 5,100 metres (16,732 ft) high. On the Bolivian side it is located in the La Paz Department, Franz Tamayo Province, Pelechuco Municipality, and on the Peruvian side it lies in the Puno Region, Putina Province, Sina District. Cunuyo is situated southwest of the mountain Locopauchenta and east of Losojocha.

Cunuyo is also the name of a river which originates near the mountain. It flows to the northeast.

References

  1. ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Putina Province (Puno Region)
  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)
  3. ^ Bolivia 1:100,000, Pelechuco 3041, Map prepared and published by the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, Fairfax, VA, in collaboration with the Instituto Geográfico Militar of Bolivia
  4. "Pelechuco". ine.gob.bo. Archived from the original on December 7, 2014. Retrieved December 13, 2014.
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