Hatun Ichhuna Kunka (

Quechua Quechua may refer to: *Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru *Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language **So ...

''hatun'' big, ''ichhuna'' a

sickle A sickle, bagging hook, reaping-hook or grasshook is a single-handed agricultural tool designed with variously curved blades and typically used for harvesting, or reaping, grain crops or cutting succulent forage chiefly for feeding livestock, ei ...

to cut off ichhu, "big sickle throat", Hispanicized spellings ''Atun Ichunacunca, Atún Ichunacunca'') is a mountain in the La Raya mountain range in the

Andes The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountains (; ) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is long, wide (widest between 18°S – 20°S ...

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, about high. It is located in the

Cusco Region Cusco, also spelled Cuzco (; qu, Qusqu suyu ), is a department and region in Peru and is the fourth largest department in the country, after Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It borders the departments of Ucayali on the north; Madre de D ...

Canas Province Canas Province is one of thirteen Provinces of Peru, provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru. Geography The La Raya mountain range, La Raya mountain range traverses the province. Some of the highest mountains of the provi ...

Layo District Layo District is one of eight districts in the Canas Province in Peru. The seat of the Layo District is the village Layo. Geography The La Raya mountain range traverses the district. Some of the highest mountains of the district are listed be ...

, and in the

Puno Region Puno () is a department and region in southeastern Peru. It is the fifth largest department in Peru, after Cuzco, Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It is bordered by Bolivia on the east, the departments of Madre de Dios on the north, Cusco ...

Melgar Province Melgar Province is a Provinces of Peru, province of the Puno Region in Peru. The capital of the province is the city of Ayaviri, Melgar, Ayaviri. Geography The Willkanuta mountain range, Willkanuta range and the La Raya mountain range, La Raya r ...

, Santa Rosa District. Hatun Ichhuna Kunka lies near the La Raya pass southwest of

Kunka Kunka (Aymara and Quechua for throat, gullet, neck, voice, 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 ...

. Huch'uy Ichhuna Kunka ("little sickle throat" or "little Ichhunakunka") and Pichaqani are the lower elevations of the ridge to the northwest.

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