Tunka Suka

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Tunka Suka
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Tunka Suka
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 4,000 m (13,000 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 14°09′57″S71°29′13″W / 14.16583°S 71.48694°W / -14.16583; -71.48694 Coordinates: 14°09′57″S71°29′13″W / 14.16583°S 71.48694°W / -14.16583; -71.48694  
Geography
Location Peru, Cusco Region, Canas Province
Parent range Andes

Tunka Suka (Aymara tunka ten, suka furrow, [2] "ten furrows", hispanicized spelling Tunga Suca) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 4,000 m (13,000 ft) high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Canas Province, Tupac Amaru District. Tunka Suka lies west of a town of that name (Tungasuca) and southwest of the large lake named Tunka Suka Quta in Aymara. [1]

Aymara language native language in South America

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References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Canas Province (Cusco Region)
  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)
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