Quña Quñani (
Aymara ''quña'' wool of a lamb, ''quña quña'' hair of the body, ''-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, also spelled ''Kuna Kunani, Kuña Kuñani'') is a mountain in the north of the
Cordillera Real 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 ...
of
Bolivia
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. It is located in the
La Paz Department,
Larecaja Province,
Sorata Municipality
Sorata Municipality (Aymara: ''Surat'a'') is the first municipal section of the Larecaja Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Sorata. The Illampu - Janq'u Uma massif is located within the municipality, site of the 17th hi ...
. Quña Quñani lies south of the
Janq'u Uma
Ancohuma or Janq'u Uma (Aymara ''janq'u'' white, ''uma'' water, "white water", also spelled Janq'uma, other spellings, ''Jankho Uma'', ''Jankhouma'') is the third highest mountain in Bolivia (after Sajama and Illimani). It is located in the no ...
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Illampu
Illampu is the fourth highest mountain in Bolivia. It is located in the northern section of the Cordillera Real, part of the Andes, east of Lake Titicaca. It lies just north of the slightly higher Janq'u Uma, near the town of Sorata. Laguna Gla ...
massif between the lakes Laram Quta ("blue lake", ''Laram Kkota'') in the northwest and Warawarani ''(Huara Huarani)'' and Jisk'a Warawarani ''(Jiskha Huara Huarani)'' in the east and southeast. It is situated north and northwest of the mountains Salluyu ''(Salluyo)'' and
Janq'u K'ark'a.
[Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Warizata 5846-II]
References
Mountains of La Paz Department (Bolivia)
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