Pumahuacanca

Pumahuacanca
Pumahuacanca
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,000 m (16,000 ft) [1]
Coordinates 9°36′29″S 77°20′48″W / 9.60806°S 77.34667°W / -9.60806; -77.34667Coordinates: 9°36′29″S 77°20′48″W / 9.60806°S 77.34667°W / -9.60806; -77.34667 
Geography
Location Peru, Ancash Region
Parent range Andes, Cordillera Blanca

Pumahuacanca or Pumahuaganga (possibly from Quechua: puma cougar, puma, waqay to cry, -nqa a suffix,[2] "the cougar will cry") is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru which reaches a height of approximately 5,000 m (16,000 ft). It is located in the Ancash Region, Huaraz Province, Olleros District. Pumahuacanca lies southwest of Uruashraju and southeast of Shacsha.[1]

Pumahuacanca (Pumahuaganga) is also the name of an intermittent stream which originates near the mountain. It flows to the south.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huaraz Province (Ancash Region)
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)


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