Ichhu Rutuna

Ichhu Rutuna
Ichhu Rutuna

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,000 m (16,000 ft) [1]
Coordinates 12°51′05″S 75°24′41″W / 12.85139°S 75.41139°W / -12.85139; -75.41139Coordinates: 12°51′05″S 75°24′41″W / 12.85139°S 75.41139°W / -12.85139; -75.41139 [2]
Geography
Location Peru, Huancavelica Region
Parent range Andes, Chunta

Ichhu Rutuna (Quechua ichhu Peruvian feather grass (stipa ichu), rutuna sickle,[3] "ichhu sickle", also spelled Ichurutuna) is a mountain in the Chunta mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is located in the Huancavelica Region, Castrovirreyna Province, on the border of the districts of Chupamarca and Aurahuá. Ichhu Rutuna lies north of Wallu Q'asa, northeast of Wichinka Lake and east of Qarwa Q'asa.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Castrovirreyna Province (Huancavelica Region)
  2. 1 2 "Cerro Ichurutuna". IGN, Peru. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
  3. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)


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