Putkaqucha

For the mountain and the lake in the Concepción Province, Junín Region, Peru, see Putkaqucha (Concepción). For the lake in the Yauli Province, Junín Region, Peru, see Putkaqucha (Yauli).
Putkaqucha
Putkaqucha

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,236 m (17,178 ft) [1]
Coordinates 11°52′23″S 75°04′25″W / 11.87306°S 75.07361°W / -11.87306; -75.07361Coordinates: 11°52′23″S 75°04′25″W / 11.87306°S 75.07361°W / -11.87306; -75.07361
Geography
Location Peru, Junín Region
Parent range Andes, Waytapallana

Putkaqucha (Quechua putka muddy (Jauja Quechua), qucha lake,[2][3] "muddy lake", hispanicized spelling Putcacocha) is a 5,236 m (17,178 ft) high mountain in the Waytapallana mountain range in Peru. It is located in the Junín Region, Concepción Province, Comas District, and in the Huancayo Province, on the border of the districts of El Tambo and Quilcas. Putkaqucha lies southwest of Puywan and northwest of Waytapallana and Ch'uspi.[1][4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Nevado Putcacocha". IGN, Peru. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
  2. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) , see qoncho (in Junín: putka)
  3. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huancayo Province (Junín Region)


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