Chunta (Junín-Lima)

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]

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

References
  1. "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 (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yauli Province (Junín Region)


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