Pisqan Punta

Pisqan Punta
Pisqan Punta

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 4,800 m (15,700 ft) [1]
Coordinates 10°03′47″S 77°00′42″W / 10.06306°S 77.01167°W / -10.06306; -77.01167Coordinates: 10°03′47″S 77°00′42″W / 10.06306°S 77.01167°W / -10.06306; -77.01167
Geography
Location Peru, Ancash Region
Parent range Andes, Wallanka

Pisqan Punta (Quechua pichqa, pisqa five, -n a suffix, punta rock,[2][3][4] hispanicized spelling Pisccanpunta, Pisjanpunta) is a mountain in the southernmost part of the Wallanka mountain range in the Andes of Peru which reaches an altitude of approximately 4,800 m (15,700 ft). It is located in the Ancash Region, Bolognesi Province, Huasta District. Pisqan Punta lies at the Quntayqucha valley, southwest of a lake named Quntayqucha.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Bolognesi Province (Ancash Region)
  2. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ David Weber, A Grammar of Huallaga (Huánuco) Quechua, University of California Press, p. 185
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