Quntayqucha Punta

Quntayqucha Punta
Quntayqucha Punta

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 4,800 m (15,700 ft) [1]
Coordinates 10°02′09″S 77°00′31″W / 10.03583°S 77.00861°W / -10.03583; -77.00861Coordinates: 10°02′09″S 77°00′31″W / 10.03583°S 77.00861°W / -10.03583; -77.00861
Geography
Location Peru, Ancash Region
Parent range Andes, Wallanka

Quntayqucha Punta (Quechua quntay clay, gypsum or magnesia,qucha lake, punta peak, ridge,[2][3][4] hispanicized spelling Contaycocha Punta) is a mountain in 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,[1] southwest of Chawpi Hanka.

The name of the mountain correlates with the name of a small lake at its feet, Quntayqucha (Contaycocha),[1] at 10°02′56″S 77°00′22″W / 10.04889°S 77.00611°W / -10.04889; -77.00611.

References

  1. 1 2 3 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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