Chunta (Arequipa)

Chunta
Chunta
	Chunta Peru
Highest point
Elevation	5,100 m (16,700 ft) [1]
Coordinates	14°47′01″S 72°34′18″W
Geography
Location	Peru, Arequipa Region, La Unión Province
Parent range	Andes, Wansu

Chunta (Aymara for prolonged, lengthened,[2] also spelled Chonta) is a mountain in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,100 metres (16,732 ft) high. It is located in the Arequipa Region, La Unión Province, Puyca District. It lies south of the river Qumpi Pallqa (Compepalca), northwest of Tintaya and east of Puka Suntu.

Chunta is also the name of a slightly lower mountain southeast of Tintaya.[1]

References

escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the La Unión Province (Arequipa Region)
Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary)

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[escale-1] scale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the La Unión Province (Arequipa Region)

[2] Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary)