Pinqullu (Huancavelica)

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

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 4,800 m (15,700 ft)[1]
Coordinates 12°54′09″S 75°04′59″W / 12.90250°S 75.08306°W / -12.90250; -75.08306Coordinates: 12°54′09″S 75°04′59″W / 12.90250°S 75.08306°W / -12.90250; -75.08306
Geography
Location Peru, Huancavelica Region
Parent range Andes, Chunta

Pinqullu (Aymara for a kind of flute of the Andes,[2] hispanicized spelling Pencoyllo) is a mountain in the Chunta mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 4,800 metres (15,748 ft) high. It lies in the Huancavelica Region, Huancavelica Province, Huancavelica District. Pinqullu is situated northwest of Kuntur Wamani and Wamanrasu.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Castrovirreyna Province (Huancavelica Region)
  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)


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