Pacocahua (Puno)

Pacocahua
Pacocahua
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,000 m (16,000 ft) [1]
Coordinates 16°36′33″S 70°01′12″W / 16.60917°S 70.02000°W / -16.60917; -70.02000Coordinates: 16°36′33″S 70°01′12″W / 16.60917°S 70.02000°W / -16.60917; -70.02000 
Geography
Location Peru, Puno Region
Parent range Andes

Pacocahua [1][2] is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is situated in the Puno Region, El Collao Province, Santa Rosa District, and in the Puno Province, Acora District. It lies south of Coline and southeast of Arichua.[1]

Name

Pacocahua or Patocahu possibly derives from Aymara language terms phaq'u, paqu,or p'aqu meaning the color light brown, reddish, fair-haired, or dark chestnut, and q'awa meaning little river, ditch, crevice, fissure, or gap in the earth,[3][4] the name thus meaning "brown brook" or "brown ravine".[2][1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the El Collao Province (Puno Region)
  2. 1 2 3 Peru 1:100,000, Hospicio 2837, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
  3. ↑ Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ "Diccionario Bilingüe, Castellano - Aymara, Para: Tercera Edición". Félix Layme Pairumani. Archived from the original on September 2, 2013. Retrieved October 18, 2015.


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