Hatun Ukru (Pasco)

Hatun Ukru (Quechua hatun big, ukru hole, pit, hollow,[2][3] "big hollow", Hispanicized and broken name Jatunucero) is a 4,650-metre-high (15,260 ft) mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Pasco Region, Pasco Province, Ticlacayan District, northwest of the Waqurunchu mountain range.[4]

Hatun Ukru
Hatun Ukru
Peru
Highest point
Elevation4,650 m (15,260 ft)[1]
Coordinates10°28′22″S 76°03′56″W
Geography
LocationPeru, Pasco Region
Parent rangeAndes

References

  1. Peru 1:100,000, Ambo 1650, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
  2. Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. Ana Arias Torre, Toponimia de Ticapampa, in: Letras, Departamento Académico de Humanidades, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Facultad de Letras, Facultad de Letras y Ciencias Humanas, p. 191
  4. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Pasco Province (Pasco Region)
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