Puka Ch'uwaña

Puka Ch'uwaña
Puka Ch'uwaña

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,000 m (16,000 ft) [1]
Coordinates 14°11′37″S 70°34′48″W / 14.19361°S 70.58000°W / -14.19361; -70.58000Coordinates: 14°11′37″S 70°34′48″W / 14.19361°S 70.58000°W / -14.19361; -70.58000 [2]
Geography
Location Peru, Puno Region
Parent range Andes, Willkanuta

Puka Ch'uwaña (Aymara puka colored, ch'uwaña oozing of water and other liquids; melting of metals and other things,[3][4] hispanicized spelling Pucachuaña) is a mountain in the Willkanuta mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is situated in the Puno Region, Melgar Province, Nuñoa District. It lies west of Yuraq Q'asa.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Melgar Province (Puno Region)
  2. ↑ "Cerro Pucachuaña". IGN, Peru. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
  3. ↑ 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)
  4. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)


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