Putkaqucha (Concepción)

Putkaqucha
Putkaqucha
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 4,800 m (15,700 ft) [1]
Coordinates 11°44′27″S 74°56′43″W / 11.74083°S 74.94528°W / -11.74083; -74.94528Coordinates: 11°44′27″S 74°56′43″W / 11.74083°S 74.94528°W / -11.74083; -74.94528 [2]
Geography
Location Peru, Junín Region
Parent range Andes

Putkaqucha (Quechua putka muddy (Jauja Quechua), qucha lake,[3][4] "muddy lake", hispanicized spelling Putcacocha) is a mountain in Peru, about 4,800 m (15,748 ft) high, at a lake of that name. The mountain and the lake are located in the Junín Region, Concepción Province, Andamarca District, northeast of the Waytapallana mountain range. The peak of Putkaqucha is south of Utkhu Warqu.[1]

The lake named Putkaqucha (erroneously also spelled Putcococha) is situated at 11°45′33″S 74°56′44″W / 11.75917°S 74.94556°W / -11.75917; -74.94556.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Concepción Province (Junín Region)
  2. ↑ "Nevado Putcacocha". IGN, Peru. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
  3. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) , see qoncho (in Junín: putka)
  4. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  5. ↑ "Laguna Putcococha". IGN, Peru. Retrieved June 9, 2015.


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