Hatun Pinkilluni ( Quechua ''hatun'' big, ''

pinkillu A pinkillu, pinkuyllu or pinqullu (Quechua or Aymara, Hispanicized spellings ''pincollo, pincuyllo, pingullo, pinquillo'', also ''pinkillo, pinkiyo, pinkullo, pinkuyo'') is a flute found throughout the Andes, used primarily in Argentina, Bolivia, ...

'' a kind of flute, Aymara ''-ni'' a

suffix In linguistics, a suffix is an affix which is placed after the stem of a word. Common examples are case endings, which indicate the grammatical case of nouns, adjectives, and verb endings, which form the conjugation of verbs. Suffixes can carry ...

to indicate ownership, "the one with a big pinkillu" or "the big one with a pinkillu", Hispanicized spelling ''Jatun Pinquillone'') is a mountain 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

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 ...

Sandia Province Sandia Province is a province of the Puno Region in Peru. The capital of the province is the city of Sandia. Geography The Apolobamba mountain range traverses the province. Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below: Pol ...

Patambuco District Patambuco District is one of ten districts of the Sandia Province in Peru. Geography One of the highest elevations of the district is Q'alawaña at . Other mountains are listed below: Ethnic groups The people in the district are mainly indi ...

. It lies southwest of the mountain

Pinkilluni Pinkilluni (Quechua '' pinkillu'' a kind of flute,Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) Aymara ''-ni'' a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with a pinkillu", Hispan ...

and northeast of

Rit'ikunka Riticunca (possibly from Quechua ''rit'i'' snow, ''kunka'' throat, "snow throat", also spelled ''Riticunca'') is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is located in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Crucero District, and in the Sandia ...

and

Q'alawaña Jalahuana or Jalahuaña (possibly from Quechua ''q'ala'' naked, nude, ''waña'' a variety of bitter potatoes used to make white '' ch'uñu'',Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, ...

. The ridge northeast of the mountain is named Huch'uy Pinkilluni ("little Pinkilluni", ''Uchuy Pinquillone'').

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