| Kunka | |
|---|---|
The train from Lake Titicaca to Cusco near La Raya pass with Kunka in the background | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 5,200 m (17,100 ft) [1] |
| Coordinates | 14°27′40″S70°59′00″W / 14.46111°S 70.98333°W Coordinates: 14°27′40″S70°59′00″W / 14.46111°S 70.98333°W |
| Geography | |
  Kunka Peru | |
| Location | Peru, Puno Region |
| Parent range | Andes, La Raya |
Kunka (Aymara and Quechua for throat, gullet, neck, voice, [2] [3] hispanicized spelling Cunca) is a mountain in the La Raya mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is situated at the La Raya Pass and the road and rail which connect Cusco with Lake Titicaca. It is located in the Cusco Region, Canas Province, Layo District, and in the Puno Region, Melgar Province, Santa Rosa District, and about 5,200 metres (17,060 ft) high. Kunka lies southwest of the mountains Yana Khuchilla and Chimpulla. Other neighboring mountains are Huch'uy K'uchu north of it and Hatun Ichhuna Kunka in the south. Between the road and the mountain there is a little lake named Q'umirqucha (Quechua q'umir green, qucha lake, [3] "green lake", Comercocha).
Aymara is an Aymaran language spoken by the Aymara people of the Andes. It is one of only a handful of Native American languages with over one million speakers. Aymara, along with Spanish, is one of the official languages of Bolivia and parts of Peru. It is also spoken, to a much lesser extent, by some communities in northern Chile, where it is a recognized minority language.
The La Raya mountain range is situated in the Andes of Peru. It extends in a northeasterly direction approximately between 14º 20’ and 14º 33’S and 70º 57’ and 71º 02’W for about 10 km. It is located in the Cusco Region as well as in the Puno Region, northwest of the Peruvian Altiplano and Lake Titicaca, near the La Raya pass.
The Andes or Andean Mountains are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. This range is about 7,000 km (4,300 mi) long, about 200 to 700 km wide, and of an average height of about 4,000 m (13,000 ft). The Andes extend from north to south through seven South American countries: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina.
North of Kunka there is a stream called Hatun K'uchu (Quechua for "big corner", hispanicized Atuncucho). It is an affluent of the Willkanuta River which originates near the pass.
The Urubamba River or Vilcamayo River is a river in Peru. Upstream it is called Vilcanota River. Within the La Convención Province the naming changes to Urubamba. A partially navigable headwater of the Amazon River, it rises in the Andes to the southeast of Cuzco. It originates on the slopes of Khunurana in the Puno Region, Melgar Province, near the La Raya pass. It flows north-north-west for 724 kilometers before coalescing with the Tambo River to form the Ucayali River.
