Puka Punchu (Cusco)

Puka Punchu
Puka Punchu
	Puka Punchu Peru
Highest point
Elevation	5,000 m (16,000 ft) [1]
Coordinates	15°16′31″S 71°01′48″W
Naming
Language of name	Quechua
Geography
Location	Peru, Cusco Region
Parent range	Andes

Puka Punchu (Quechua puka red, punchu poncho,[2] "red poncho" or Hispanicized spelling Puca Puncho) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 m (16,000 ft) high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Espinar Province, Condoroma District. Puka Punchu lies southwest of Yuraq Q'asa and north of Chuqi Pirwa.[1][3]

References

escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Espinar Province (Cusco Region)
Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
Peru 1:100,000, Condoroma 2640, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD

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[escale-1] scale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Espinar Province (Cusco Region)

[2] Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)

[3] Peru 1:100,000, Condoroma 2640, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD