Rocotopunta (Recuay)

Rocotopunta
Lake Querococha and Rocotopunta (on the right)
Highest point
Elevation 4,400 m (14,400 ft) [1]
Coordinates 9°42′20″S 77°18′27″W / 9.70556°S 77.30750°W / -9.70556; -77.30750Coordinates: 9°42′20″S 77°18′27″W / 9.70556°S 77.30750°W / -9.70556; -77.30750 
Geography
Rocotopunta
Peru
Location Peru, Ancash Region
Parent range Andes, Cordillera Blanca

Rocotopunta[1][2] (Quechua rukutu, ruqutu a plant (Capsicum pubescens), punta peak; ridge)[3][4][5][6] is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru, about 4,400 m (14,436 ft) high.[2] It is located in the Ancash Region, Recuay Province, Ticapampa District, northeast of Lake Querococha. Rocotopunta lies between Yanamarey Creek to the north and Conde Creek to the south.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of Recuay Province (Ancash Region)
  2. 1 2 3 Peru 1:100 000, Recuay (20-i). IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú).
  3. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) (five-vowel-system)
  5. ↑ David Weber, A Grammar of Huallaga (Huánuco) Quechua, University of California Press, p. 185
  6. ↑ Robert Beér, Armando Muyolemaj, Dr. Hernán S. Aguilarpaj, Vocabulario comparativo, quechua ecuatoriano - quechua
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