Wari Kunka

Mountain in Bolivia

Wari Kunka

Location in Bolivia

Highest pointElevation5,120 m (16,800 ft)^[1]Coordinates17°13′08″S 69°24′32″W / 17.21889°S 69.40889°W / -17.21889; -69.40889GeographyLocationBolivia,
La Paz Department
José Manuel Pando ProvinceParent rangeAndes

Wari Kunka (Aymara wari vicuña, kunka throat,^[2] "vicuña throat", wari kunka a medical plant (Thamnolia vermicularis),^[3] Hispanicized spelling Huaricunca) is a 5,120-metre-high (16,798 ft) mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is situated in the La Paz Department, José Manuel Pando Province, at the border of the Catacora Municipality and the Santiago de Machaca Municipality. Wari Kunka lies southeast of Patapatani, northeast of Sinijawi and southeast of Jisk'a Wari Kunka ("little Wari Kunka"). An intermittent stream named Salla Uma ("cliff water", Sallahuma) originates southwest of the mountain. It flows to the west where it meets Jaruma River as a left tributary.^[1]^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Sinejavi 5742-III
^ 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)
^ C. Illana-Esteban, Lìquenes Usados en la Medicina Tradicional (Lichens used in traditional medicine), Departamento de Biología Vegetal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid
^ "Catacora". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved November 7, 2014.