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Puca Punta (mountain)

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Puka Punta
Puka Punta is located in Peru
Puka Punta
Puka Punta
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,600 m (18,400 ft)[1]
Geography
LocationPeru, Cusco Region
Parent rangeAndes, Willkanuta mountain range

Puka Punta (Quechua puka red, punta peak; ridge,[2][3] "red peak (or ridge)", also spelled Puca Punta) is a mountain in the Willkanuta 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 Qullpa Ananta, northeast of Yana Qaqa and east of Hatun Punta.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b 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