Kunkush Punta

Kunkush Punta
Kunkush Punta

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 4,907 m (16,099 ft) [1]
Coordinates 9°43′04″S 77°17′41″W / 9.71778°S 77.29472°W / -9.71778; -77.29472Coordinates: 9°43′04″S 77°17′41″W / 9.71778°S 77.29472°W / -9.71778; -77.29472
Geography
Location Peru, Ancash, Recuay Province, Catac District
Parent range Cordillera Blanca

Kunkush Punta (Ancash Quechua kunkush Puya raimondii, punta peak; ridge; first, before, in front of,[2][3][4] Hispanicized spelling Cuncushpunta) is a 4,907-metre-high (16,099 ft) mountain in the southern part of the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru. It is situated in the Ancash Region, Recuay Province, Catac District. Kunkush Punta lies east of Qiruqucha.[1][5]

Sources

  1. 1 2 "Cerro Cuncushpunta". IGN, Peru. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
  2. ↑ Leonel Alexander Menacho López, Yachakuqkunapa Shimi Qullqa, Anqash Qhichwa Shimichaw (Ministerio de Educación), Wordbook Ancash Quechua-Spanish
  3. ↑ David Weber, A Grammar of Huallaga (Huánuco) Quechua, University of California Press, p. 185
  4. ↑ Robert Beér, Armando Muyolemaj, Dr. Hernán S. Aguilarpaj, Vocabulario comparativo, quechua ecuatoriano - quechua ancashino - castellano - English, Brighton 2006
  5. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Recuay Province (Ancash Region)


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