Q'iruni

Q'iruni
Q'iruni

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,259 m (17,254 ft) [1]
Coordinates 14°05′04″S 70°15′39″W / 14.08444°S 70.26083°W / -14.08444; -70.26083Coordinates: 14°05′04″S 70°15′39″W / 14.08444°S 70.26083°W / -14.08444; -70.26083
Geography
Location Peru, Puno Region, Carabaya Province
Parent range Andes, Kallawaya

Q'iruni or Qiruni (Aymara q'iru wood, qiru a cup or glass,[2] -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with wood" or "the one with a cup", hispanicized spelling Queroni) is 5,259-metre (17,254 ft) high mountain in the Kallawaya mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, on the border of the districts of Ajoyani, Ituata and Macusani.[1][3]

Q'iruni is also the name of a place at Ch'ulluqucha (Chullucocha), the lake southwest of the mountain.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Peru 1:100,000, Macusani 2842, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
  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. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map Carabaya Province (Puno Region)


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