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Uma Kunka

Coordinates: 13°13′47″S 74°55′36″W / 13.22972°S 74.92667°W / -13.22972; -74.92667
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Uma Kunka
Uma Kunka is located in Peru
Uma Kunka
Uma Kunka
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,000 m (16,000 ft)[1]
Coordinates13°13′47″S 74°55′36″W / 13.22972°S 74.92667°W / -13.22972; -74.92667
Naming
Language of nameQuechua
Geography
LocationPeru, Huancavelica Region, Huaytará Province
Parent rangeAndes

Uma Kunka (Quechua uma mountain top; head, kunka throat,[2] Hispanicized spelling Umacunca) is a mountain in the Huancavelica Region in Peru, about 5,000 m (16,000 ft) high. It is located in the Huaytará Province, in the north of the Pilpichaca District. It lies south of a little lake named Yanaqucha ("black lake").[3]

References

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  1. ^ Peru 1:100,000, Huachocolpa 1944, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
  2. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  3. ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huaytará Province (Huancavelica Region)