Orco Puñuna

Orco Puñuna
Orco Puñuna
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,200 m (17,100 ft) [1]
Coordinates 13°54′50″S 71°08′37″W / 13.91389°S 71.14361°W / -13.91389; -71.14361Coordinates: 13°54′50″S 71°08′37″W / 13.91389°S 71.14361°W / -13.91389; -71.14361 
Geography
Location Peru, Cusco Region
Parent range Andes, Vilcanota

Orco Puñuna (possibly from Quechua urqu mountain; male, puñuna bed,[2] "mountain bed") is a mountain in the western extensions of the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,200 metres (17,060 ft) high. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, Pitumarca District, east of Sibinacocha. Orco Puñuna lies south of the mountain Othaña and southwest of the mountains Cóndor Tuco, Chuallani and Yana Orjo.[1]


References

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