Puka Punchu (Cusco)

For the mountain in the Puno Region, Peru, see Puka Punchu (Puno).
Puka Punchu
Puka Punchu is located in Peru
Puka Punchu
Puka Punchu
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,000 m (16,000 ft)[1]
Coordinates15°16′31″S 71°01′48″W / 15.27528°S 71.03000°W / -15.27528; -71.03000
Naming
Language of nameQuechua
Geography
LocationPeru, Cusco Region
Parent rangeAndes

Puka Punchu (Quechua puka red, punchu poncho,[2] "red poncho" or Hispanicized spelling Puca Puncho) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 m (16,000 ft) high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Espinar Province, Condoroma District. Puka Punchu lies southwest of Yuraq Q'asa and north of Chuqi Pirwa.[1][3]

References

  1. ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Espinar Province (Cusco Region)
  2. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  3. ^ Peru 1:100,000, Condoroma 2640, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD


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