Puka Qaqa Punta

This article is about the mountain in the Huaraz Province, Ancash Region, Peru. For other uses, see Puka Qaqa (disambiguation).
Puka Qaqa Punta

Cordillera Blanca as seen from the west with Puka Qaqa Punta and Churup (lower-right)
Highest point
Elevation 5,400 m (17,700 ft) [1]
Coordinates 9°27′20″S 77°24′14″W / 9.45556°S 77.40389°W / -9.45556; -77.40389Coordinates: 9°27′20″S 77°24′14″W / 9.45556°S 77.40389°W / -9.45556; -77.40389 [2]
Geography
Puka Qaqa Punta

Peru

Location Peru, Ancash Region
Parent range Andes, Cordillera Blanca

Puka Qaqa Punta[1] or Puka Qaqa[3] (Quechua puka red, qaqa rock, "red rock", punta peak; ridge; first, before, in front of,[4][5][6] hispanicized spelling Pucagaga Punta, Pucagaga) is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru, about 5,400 metres (17,717 ft) high. It is situated in the Ancash Region, Huaraz Province, Independencia District, northeast of Huaraz.[1] Puka Qaqa Punta lies south of Ranrapallqa, next to Churup, northeast of it.

References

  1. 1 2 3 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huaraz Province (Ancash Region)
  2. ↑ "Nevados". IGN, Peru. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
  3. ↑ sys.sernanp.gob.pe:8080/.../Guía%20Huascarán.pdf SERNAP: Map of the Cordillera Blanca
  4. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  5. ↑ David Weber, A Grammar of Huallaga (Huánuco) Quechua, University of California Press, p. 185
  6. ↑ homepage.ntlworld.com/robert_beer Robert Beér, Armando Muyolemaj, Dr. Hernán S. Aguilarpaj, Vocabulario comparativo, quechua ecuatoriano - quechua ancashino - castellano - English, Brighton 2006


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