Pumawank'a
| Pumawank'a | |
|---|---|
| Yukay | |
.jpg) Pumawank'a as seen from Killaqucha northeast of it | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 5,318 m (17,448 ft) [1] |
| Coordinates | 13°11′17″S 72°08′16″W / 13.18806°S 72.13778°WCoordinates: 13°11′17″S 72°08′16″W / 13.18806°S 72.13778°W [2] |
| Geography | |
  Pumawank'a Peru | |
| Location | Peru |
| Parent range | Andes, Urupampa |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1-1958 from west[3] |
Pumawank'a (Quechua puma cougar, puma, wank'a rock, "puma rock",[4] Hispanicized spellings Pumahuanca, Pumahuanja) or Yukay is a 5,318-metre-high (17,448 ft) mountain in the Urupampa mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, Lares District, and in the Urubamba Province, Urubamba District, northwest of Urubamba. It lies northwest of Ch'iqun and west of Qhapaq Saya.[5]
See also
References
- ↑ "Nevado Pumahuanja". IGN, Peru. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
- ↑ mapcarta.com "Nevado Pumahuanja", retrieved on May 23, 2013
- ↑ Jill Neate, Mountaineering in the Andes, 1994 "Cordillera Urubamba, Nudo Yucay: Yucay (Pumahuanca, Manuel Grau) 5650m: 1-1958 from west."
- ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
- ↑ allthemountains.com Map of a part of the Urupampa mountain range
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