Chunta (Junín-Lima)

Coordinates: 11°29′47″S 76°22′38″W / 11.49639°S 76.37722°W / -11.49639; -76.37722
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Chunta
Chunta is located in Peru
Chunta
Chunta
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,208 m (17,087 ft)[1]
Coordinates11°29′47″S 76°22′38″W / 11.49639°S 76.37722°W / -11.49639; -76.37722
Geography
LocationPeru, Junín Region, Lima Region
Parent rangeAndes

Chunta (Aymara for prolonged, lengthened, Quechua for a kind of palm,[2][3] Hispanicized name La Chonta) is a 5,208-metre-high (17,087 ft) mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Junín Region, Yauli Province, Marcapomacocha District, and in the Lima Region, Canta Province, Huaros District, and in the Huarochirí Province, Huanza District. It lies northwest of Kashpi.[1][4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Nevado La Chonta". IGN, Peru. Retrieved May 3, 2015.[permanent dead link]
  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. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  4. ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yauli Province (Junín Region)