Chunta (Junín-Lima)

This article is about the mountain on the border of the Junín Region and the Lima Region, Peru. For other uses, see Chunta.
Chunta
Chunta

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,208 m (17,087 ft) [1]
Coordinates 11°29′47″S 76°22′38″W / 11.49639°S 76.37722°W / -11.49639; -76.37722Coordinates: 11°29′47″S 76°22′38″W / 11.49639°S 76.37722°W / -11.49639; -76.37722
Geography
Location Peru, Junín Region, Lima Region
Parent range Andes

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

  1. 1 2 "Nevado La Chonta". IGN, Peru. Retrieved May 3, 2015.
  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, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yauli Province (Junín Region)
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