Puma Wayin

Puma Wayin
Puma Wayin

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,008 m (16,430 ft) [1]
Coordinates 9°50′26″S 77°16′51″W / 9.84056°S 77.28083°W / -9.84056; -77.28083Coordinates: 9°50′26″S 77°16′51″W / 9.84056°S 77.28083°W / -9.84056; -77.28083
Geography
Location Peru, Ancash, Recuay Province, Catac District
Parent range Cordillera Blanca

Puma Wayin (Quechua puma cougar, puma, Ancash Quechua wayi house,[2][3] "cougar house", -n a suffix, hispanicized spelling Pumahuain) is a 5,000 m (16,000 ft) high mountain in the southern part of the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru. It is situated in the Ancash Region, Recuay Province, Catac District. Puma Wayin lies southwest of Mururahu and Kunkush and northwest of Pukarahu.[1][4]

Sources

  1. 1 2 "Cerro Pumahuain". IGN, Peru. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ Leonel Alexander Menacho López, Yachakuqkunapa Shimi Qullqa, Anqash Qhichwa Shimichaw (Ministerio de Educación), Wordbook Ancash Quechua-Spanish
  4. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Recuay Province (Ancash Region)


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