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Puka Punta (Ancash)

Coordinates: 8°58′15″S 77°56′27″W / 8.97083°S 77.94083°W / -8.97083; -77.94083
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Puka Punta
Puka Punta is located in Peru
Puka Punta
Puka Punta
Peru
Highest point
Elevation4,800 m (15,700 ft)[1]
Coordinates8°58′15″S 77°56′27″W / 8.97083°S 77.94083°W / -8.97083; -77.94083
Geography
LocationPeru, Ancash Region
Parent rangeAndes, Cordillera Negra

Puka Punta (Quechua puka red, punta peak; ridge,[2][3] "red peak (or ridge)", also spelled Pucapunta) is a mountain in the Cordillera Negra in the Andes of Peru. It reaches a height of approximately 4,800 m (15,700 ft).

It is located in the Ancash Region, Huaylas Province, Mato District, and in the Santa Province, Cáceres del Perú District. Puka Punta lies southeast of a mountain and lake named Qarwaqucha.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huaylas Province (Ancash 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