Queroni (possibly from Aymara ''q'iru'' wood, ''qiru'' a cup or glass, ''-ni'' a

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to indicate ownership, "the one with wood" or "the one with a cup") is mountain in the Carabaya mountain range in the

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. 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 ...

Carabaya Province Carabaya Province is a Provinces of Peru, province of the Puno Region located in the southern part of Peru. It is bounded on the north by the Madre de Dios Region, on the east by the Sandia Province, on the south by the provinces of Azángaro Prov ...

, on the border of the districts of Ajoyani, Ituata and

Macusani Macusani is a town in Southern Peru, capital of the province Carabaya in the region Puno Puno (Aymara and qu, Punu) is a city in southeastern Peru, located on the shore of Lake Titicaca. It is the capital city of the Puno Region and the Puno ...

.escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map Carabaya Province (Puno Region) Queroni is also the name of a place at Chullucocha, the lake southwest of the mountain.

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