Provisional name for Peru meteorite
I would like to open this subject for discussion, since this will have profound affect on future events. I would like to hear thoughts on this proposal. As of this date, I don't believe a provisional has been submitted.
The crater was originally called "Carancas" because the newspaper and television reporters saw a road sign that said "Carancas". In actuality, Carancas is an agricultural settlement and not a village. There are no common gathering areas, only people living on plots of land assigned to them. This settlement is not shown on government maps of Peru. I am enclosing the link to the official Ministry of Transport map.
http://www.deperu.com/datos_utiles/puno.htm
I wrote that the crater is close to the banks of Lake Titicaca. I could see the water from the crater. What I didn't realize, is that the water I was seeing was actually a bay off of the main body of water. On Peruvian maps and Google Earth, this bay has no official name. It probably has a local name in the Armaya language. I assume that the reason this bay has no official name because it is split between Peru and Bolivia.
Wana qulla is the Peru/Bolivian Armaya name for this area.
This name may help to give a sense of joint-ownership to the crater and meteorite. The scientists from the University of La Paz Max Schreier Planetarium were the first group of scientists to conduct extensive studies on the impact crater and meteorite material. They named the crater for the "local" spanish-pronounced name of this region which is Huano collo. "Wana qullu" is Aymara name which is shared in both Peru and Bolivia. As a result of this event, and for the first time, scientists from Bolivia and Peru are working together.
http://fcpn.umsa.bo/fcpn/app?service=external/Planetarium_NewView&sp=178
Associating the local name with Lake Titicaca will help to identify the place where this historic event occurred and may add to the tourism revenue this area so desperately needs.
Lake Titicaca is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5080/
The town of Desaguadero is also near the crater, however the name means "sewer type of water" or "drain water" in Spanish.
Wana Qullu - Lake Titicaca meteorite. (WQLT)