Kunkus Yantaq

Kunkus Yantaq
Kunkus Yantaq is located in Peru
Kunkus Yantaq
Kunkus Yantaq
Location within Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,354 m (17,566 ft)
Coordinates11°51′57″S 76°05′22″W / 11.86583°S 76.08944°W / -11.86583; -76.08944
Geography
LocationPeru, Lima Region
Parent rangeAndes, Paryaqaqa

Kunkus Yantaq (Ancash Quechua kunkush Puya raimondii, llamt'a, llant'a, yanta firewood, -q a suffix, Hispanicized spelling Cuncusyantac) is a 5,354-metre-high (17,566 ft) mountain in the Paryaqaqa mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Lima Region, Huarochirí Province, San Mateo District. Kunkus Yantaq lies southeast of Qullqayuq.

The Yuraqmayu ("white river") originates southeast of Kunkus Yantaq. It is a left tributary of the Rimac River.

References

  1. 1 2 Evelio Echevarría, The Cordillera Huarochiri, Peru, The Alpine Journal 2001
  2. ↑ Leonel Alexander Menacho López, Yachakuqkunapa Shimi Qullqa, Anqash Qhichwa Shimichaw (Ministerio de Educación), Wordbook Ancash Quechua-Spanish
  3. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  4. ↑ "Diccionario: Quechua - Español - Quechua, Simi Taqe: Qheswa - Español - Qheswa" (PDF). Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua. Gobierno Regional del Cusco, Perú: Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua. 2005.
  5. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yauli Province (Junín Region)