Kunkus (Yauli)
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Kunkus ( Ancash Quechua ''kunkush'' ''
Puya raimondii ''Puya raimondii'', also known as queen of the Andes (English), titanka (Quechua) or puya de Raimondi (Spanish), is the largest species of bromeliad, its inflorescences reaching up to in height. It is native to the high Andes of Bolivia and Per ...
'', hispanicized spelling ''Cuncus'') is a mountain in the Paryaqaqa 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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Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = National seal , national_motto = "Firm and Happy f ...
which reaches an altitude of approximately . It is located in the
Junín Region Junín may refer to: Places Argentina *Junín Partido ** Junín, Buenos Aires *** Junín Airport * Junín Department, Mendoza ** Junín, Mendoza * Junín Department, San Luis *Junín de los Andes, Neuquén Colombia *Junín, Cundinamarca *Junà ...
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Yauli Province The Yauli Province is one of the nine provinces in Peru that form the Junín Region. It is bordered to the north by the Pasco Region and the Junín Province, to the east by the Tarma Province, to the south by the Jauja Province and to the west by ...
, Yauli District. Kunkus lies northwest of Putka and
Yantayuq Yantayuq (Quechua ''llam'a, llant'a, yanta'' firewood, ''-yuq'' a suffix, "the one with firewood", also spelled ''Yantayo''), also known as Shallanqa (hispanicized spelling ''Shallanca''), is a mountain in the Paryaqaqa mountain range in the Ande ...
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Mountains of Peru Mountains of Junín Region {{Junín-geo-stub