Cunuyo (possibly from

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''khunu'' snow, ''uyu'' corral, "snow corral") is a mountain in the north of the Apolobamba mountain range on the border of

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and

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, and on the Peruvian side it lies in the

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, Putina Province,

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. Cunuyo is situated southwest of the mountain Locopauchenta and east of Losojocha. Cunuyo is also the name of a river which originates near the mountain. It flows to the northeast.

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