Tuctopunta

Tuctopunta
Tuctopunta
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,343 m (17,530 ft)
Coordinates 9°36′15″S 77°19′10″W / 9.60417°S 77.31944°W / -9.60417; -77.31944Coordinates: 9°36′15″S 77°19′10″W / 9.60417°S 77.31944°W / -9.60417; -77.31944 
Geography
Location Peru, Ancash, Bolognesi Province
Parent range Cordillera Blanca

Tuctopunta[1][2] (possibly from Quechua tuqtu broody hen, punta peak; ridge; first, before, in front of)[3][4][5] is a 5,343-metre-high (17,530 ft)[1][2] mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Ancash Region, Huaraz Province, Olleros District. Tuctopunta lies northwest of Tuctu and southwest of Uruashraju and Arhuay.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 Alpenvereinskarte 0/3b. Cordillera Blanca Süd (Peru). 1:100 000. Oesterreichischer Alpenverein. 2005. ISBN 3-937530-05-3.
  2. 1 2 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. ↑ David Weber, A Grammar of Huallaga (Huánuco) Quechua, University of California Press, p. 185
  5. ↑ Vocabulario-Comparativo-Quechua-Ecuator-Quechua-Ancash
  6. ↑ http://escale.minedu.gob.pe/documents/10156/1367926/ugel_huaraz.pdf - UGEL map of Huaraz Province (Ancash)
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