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Huch'uy Puka Q'asa

Coordinates: 13°33′18″S 74°29′19″W / 13.55500°S 74.48861°W / -13.55500; -74.48861
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Huch'uy Puka Q'asa
Huch'uy Puka Q'asa is located in Peru
Huch'uy Puka Q'asa
Huch'uy Puka Q'asa
Peru
Highest point
Elevation4,400 m (14,400 ft)[1]
Coordinates13°33′18″S 74°29′19″W / 13.55500°S 74.48861°W / -13.55500; -74.48861
Geography
LocationPeru, Ayacucho Region, Cangallo Province
Parent rangeAndes

“‘Huch'uy Puka Q'asa’” (Quechua “huch'uy” little, “puka” red, “q'asa” mountain pass,[2][3] meaning “little red pass”, also spelled “Uchuy Pucaccasa”) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 4,400 metres (14,436 ft) high. It is situated in the Ayacucho Region, Cangallo Province, Totos District, northeast of Totos. Huch'uy Puka Q'asa lies south of Chawpi Urqu. The lake north of it is named Llulluchaqucha (Llullucha Ccocha).[1]

References

  1. ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Cangallo Province (Ayacucho Region)
  2. ^ "Diccionario: Quechua - Español - Quechua, Simi Taqe: Qheswa - Español - Qheswa" (PDF). Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua. Gobierno Regional del Cusco, Perú: Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua. 2005.
  3. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.