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{{short description|Mountain in Peru}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Queñuta
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| elevation_m   = 5200
| elevation_ref = <ref name=escale>escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Tarata Province (Tacna Region)</ref>
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| location = [[Peru]], [[Tacna Region]]
| range = [[Andes]]
| map = Peru
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| map_caption = Location within Peru
| label_position = right
| map_size       = 200
| coordinates   = {{coord|17|37|19|S|69|45|13|W|type:mountain_region:PE_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
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'''Queñuta''' (possibly from [[Aymara language|Aymara]] ''qiwña'' a kind of tree ''([[polylepis]])'', ''uta'' house,<ref>{{Ref Bertonio}}</ref> "''qiwña'' house") is a mountain in the [[Andes]] of southern [[Peru]], about {{convert|5200|m|ft|0}} high. It is located in the [[Tacna Region]], [[Tacna Province]], [[Palca District, Tacna|Palca District]], near the [[Chile]]an border. The mountain lies southeast of [[Ancochaullane]] and [[Huancune (Peru)|Huancune]].<ref name=escale/>
Queñuta is also the name of an intermittent stream north of the mountain. It flows to Laguna Blanca in the east along an unpopulated place of that name ''(Queuñuta)''.<ref name=escale/>
== References ==
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[[Category:Mountains of Tacna Region]]
[[Category:Mountains of Peru]]
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