Japu Punta

Japu Punta
Huichcana
Japu Punta
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,845 m (19,177 ft)
Coordinates 13°45′21″S 71°00′17″W / 13.75583°S 71.00472°W / -13.75583; -71.00472Coordinates: 13°45′21″S 71°00′17″W / 13.75583°S 71.00472°W / -13.75583; -71.00472 
Geography
Location Cusco Region
Parent range Andes, Vilcanota
Climbing
First ascent 1-1974 via W. ridge[1]

Japu Punta (possibly from Quechua hapu oven made in the field of clods of earth with dry roots which are burnt to heat potatoes in them to prepare wathiya, a traditional dish, punta peak; ridge; first, before, in front of,[2][3][4]) or Huichcana (possibly from Quechua for a bar across a door or window, bolt, lock, blockade,[5]) is a mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,845 metres (19,177 ft) high. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, Pitumarca District and in the Quispicanchi Province, Marcapata District.[6] Japu Punta lies north of the lake Sibinacocha and northwest of Condoriquiña, Huila Aje and Yayamari.


References

  1. ↑ Jill Neate, Mountaineering in the Andes, Peru ("Japu Punta (Vichgana) 5845m: 1-1974 via W. ridge.")
  2. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ David Weber, A Grammar of Huallaga (Huánuco) Quechua, University of California Press, p. 185
  4. ↑ Vocabulario-Comparativo-Quechua-Ecuator-Quechua-Ancash
  5. ↑ traductor.babylon.com
  6. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL maps of the province Quispicanchi (1) (Cusco Region)
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