Misplaced Pages

Puca Punta (mountain)

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
(Redirected from Puka Punta) Mountain in Peru This article is about the mountain in the Cusco Region, Peru. For other uses, see Puka Punta.
Puka Punta
Puka Punta is located in PeruPuka PuntaPuka PuntaPeru
Highest point
Elevation5,600 m (18,400 ft)
Coordinates13°45′20″S 71°10′19″W / 13.75556°S 71.17194°W / -13.75556; -71.17194
Geography
LocationPeru, Cusco Region
Parent rangeAndes, Vilcanota

Puca Punta (possibly from Quechua puka red, punta peak; ridge, "red peak (or ridge)") is a mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,600 metres (18,373 ft) high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, Pitumarca District, and in the Quispicanchi Province, Ocongate District. Puka Punta lies southwest of Callangate, northeast of Yanajaja and east of Jatun Punta.

References

  1. ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Quispicanchi Province 1 (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. David Weber, A Grammar of Huallaga (Huánuco) Quechua, University of California Press, p. 185


Stub icon

This Cusco Region geography article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: