Wanakuni

This article is about the mountain in the Franz Tamayo Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia. For other uses, see Wanakuni (disambiguation).
Wanakuni
Wanakuni

Location in Bolivia

Highest point
Elevation 5,796 m (19,016 ft) [1]
Coordinates 14°51′S 69°10′W / 14.850°S 69.167°W / -14.850; -69.167Coordinates: 14°51′S 69°10′W / 14.850°S 69.167°W / -14.850; -69.167 [2]
Geography
Location Bolivia,
La Paz Department, Franz Tamayo Province
Parent range Andes, Apolobamba mountain range

Wanakuni (Aymara wanaku, wanaqu guanaco,[3] -ni Aymara suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with the guanaco", hispanicized spelling Huanacuni) is a mountain in the Apolobamba mountain range in the Bolivian Andes, about 5,796 metres (19,016 ft) high. It is situated in the La Paz Department, Franz Tamayo Province, Pelechuco Municipality, east of Cololo Lake and northwest of Qala Phusa (Cololo).[4]

Map of the Apolobamba mountain range showing Cololo Lake. Wanakuni lies east of it and northwest of Qala Phusa (Cololo).

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Huanacuni". andes.org.uk. Retrieved 2012-11-30.
  2. ↑ "Nevado Huanacuni". mapcarta.com. Retrieved 2012-11-30.
  3. ↑ 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)
  4. ↑ John Biggar, Los Andes - Una Guía para Escaladores, p. 130: Map
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