Pumasillo (Pumasillococha)

Pumasillo
Pumasillo
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,100 m (16,700 ft) [1]
Coordinates 13°15′22″S 72°56′58″W / 13.25611°S 72.94944°W / -13.25611; -72.94944Coordinates: 13°15′22″S 72°56′58″W / 13.25611°S 72.94944°W / -13.25611; -72.94944 
Geography
Location Peru, Cusco Region
Parent range Andes, Vilcabamba

Pumasillo (possibly from Quechua puma cougar, sillu claw,[2] "puma's claw") is a mountain in the Vilcabamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru which reaches a height of approximately 5,100 metres (16,732 ft). It is situated in the Cusco Region, La Convención Province, on the border of the districts of Santa Teresa and Vilcabamba. Pumasillo lies southwest of Choquetacarpo and Cayco at a lake named Pumasillococha (possibly from in the Quechua spelling Pumasilluqucha).[1]

References

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