Pinqullu (Ascensión)

For the Andean flute, see Pinkillu. For the mountain in the Huancavelica District, Huancavelica Province, Huancavelica Region, Peru, see Pinqullu (Huancavelica).
Pinqullu
Pinqullu

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,096 m (16,719 ft) [1]
Coordinates 12°51′58″S 75°10′18″W / 12.86611°S 75.17167°W / -12.86611; -75.17167Coordinates: 12°51′58″S 75°10′18″W / 12.86611°S 75.17167°W / -12.86611; -75.17167
Geography
Location Peru, Huancavelica Region
Parent range Andes, Chunta

Pinqullu (Aymara for a kind of flute of the Andes,[2] hispanicized spelling Pincullo) is a 5,096-metre (16,719 ft) mountain in the Chunta mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It lies in the Huancavelica Region, Huancavelica Province, Ascensión District, northwest of Antarasu. The river Kachimayu originates southwest of the mountain. It flows along the southern slopes of Pinqullu. Yawarqucha ("blood lake", Yahuarcocha) is the name of the little lake southwest of the peak.[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Nevado Pincullo". IGN, Peru. Retrieved February 4, 2015.
  2. ↑ Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Castrovirreyna Province (Huancavelica Region)


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