Tuqtu Punta

Tuqtu Punta
Tuqtu Punta

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,343 m (17,530 ft) [1]
Coordinates 9°36′15″S 77°19′10″W / 9.60417°S 77.31944°W / -9.60417; -77.31944Coordinates: 9°36′15″S 77°19′10″W / 9.60417°S 77.31944°W / -9.60417; -77.31944
Geography
Location Peru, Ancash, Bolognesi Province
Parent range Cordillera Blanca

Tuqtu Punta (Quechua tuqtu broody hen, punta peak; ridge; first, before, in front of,[2][3][4] Hispanicized spelling Tuctopunta) is a 5,343-metre-high (17,530 ft) mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru. It is situated in the Ancash Region, Huaraz Province, Olleros District. Tuqtu Punta lies northwest of Tuqtu and southwest of Urwashrahu and Arway.[1][5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Cerro Tuctopunta". IGN, Peru. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ David Weber, A Grammar of Huallaga (Huánuco) Quechua, University of California Press, p. 185
  4. ↑ Vocabulario-Comparativo-Quechua-Ecuator-Quechua-Ancash
  5. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huaraz Province (Ancash Region)
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