Puka Punta (Huancavelica)

This article is about the mountain in the Huancavelica Region, Peru. For other uses, see Puka Punta.
Puka Punta
Puka Punta

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,136 m (16,850 ft) [1]
Coordinates 13°00′41″S 75°01′52″W / 13.01139°S 75.03111°W / -13.01139; -75.03111Coordinates: 13°00′41″S 75°01′52″W / 13.01139°S 75.03111°W / -13.01139; -75.03111 [1]
Geography
Location Peru, Huancavelica Region
Parent range Andes, Chunta

Puka Punta (Quechua puka red, punta peak; ridge,[2][3] "red peak (or ridge)", also spelled Pucapunta) is a 5,136-metre-high (16,850 ft) mountain in the Chunta mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is situated in the Huancavelica Region, Castrovirreyna Province, Santa Ana District, and in the Huancavelica Province, Huacocolpa District. Puka Punta lies northwest of K'allapayuq.[1][4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Cerro Pucapunta". IGN, Peru. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ David Weber, A Grammar of Huallaga (Huánuco) Quechua, University of California Press, p. 185
  4. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Castrovirreyna Province (Huancavelica Region)


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