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Huch'uy K'uchu
Huch'uy K'uchu is located in Peru
Huch'uy K'uchu
Huch'uy K'uchu
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,339 m (17,516 ft)[1]
Geography
LocationPeru, Cusco Region, Canas Province, Canchis Province
Parent rangeAndes, La Raya

Huch'uy K'uchu (Quechua huch'uy small (juch'uy in Bolivia), k'uchu corner,[2][3] "small corner", Hispanicized spelling Uchuycucho) is a 5,339-metre-high (17,516 ft) mountain in the La Raya mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Canas Province, Layo District, and in the Canchis Province, Marangani District. Huch'uy K'uchu lies near the La Raya pass northwest of Chimpulla and north of Kunka. It stretches along the Hatun K'uchu valley ("big corner", Atuncucho) from west to east whose stream flows to the Willkanuta River.[4]

References

  1. ^ Peru 1:250,000, Sicuani SD 19-09, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
  2. ^ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua_Spanish dictionary)
  3. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  4. ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Melgar Province (Cusco Region)