Pumahuanca
Pumahuanca,[2][1] Pumahuanja[3] (possibly from Quechua puma cougar, puma, wank'a rock, "puma rock")[4] or Yucay[1] is a 5,318-metre-high (17,448 ft)[3] mountain in the Urubamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, on the boundary between Calca and Urubamba provinces, northwest of Urubamba.[5] It lies northwest of Chicón and west of Capacsaya.[3]
| Pumahuanca | |
|---|---|
| Pumahuanja, Yucay | |
.jpg) Pumahuanca as seen from Killaqucha northeast of it | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 5,318 m (17,448 ft) |
| Coordinates | 13°11′17″S 72°08′16″W |
| Geography | |
  Pumahuanca Peru | |
| Location | Peru |
| Parent range | Andes, Urubamba |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1-1958 from west[1] |
See also
References
- Jill Neate, Mountaineering in the Andes, 1994 "Cordillera Urubamba, Nudo Yucay: Yucay (Pumahuanca, Manuel Grau) 5650m: 1-1958 from west."
- Shimada, Izumi, ed. (2015). The Inka Empire: A Multidisciplinary Approach. University of Texas Press. pp. 126–127.
- Peru 1:100 000, Urubamba (27-r). IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú).
- Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
- "Mapa UGEL Calca" (PDF). Mapas DRE y UGEL. ESCALE - Ministerio de Educación - Perú. 2010. Retrieved 2016-07-15.
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