Puka Uru

Puka Uru
Puka Uru

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 4,650 m (15,260 ft) [1]
Coordinates 10°28′40″S 76°01′54″W / 10.47778°S 76.03167°W / -10.47778; -76.03167Coordinates: 10°28′40″S 76°01′54″W / 10.47778°S 76.03167°W / -10.47778; -76.03167
Geography
Location Peru, Pasco Region
Parent range Andes

Puka Uru (Quechua puka red, uru tick; spider,[2][3] "red tick" or "red spider", hispanicized names Pucaoro Grande or Pucuaro Grande) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 4,650 m (15,260 ft) high. It is located in the Pasco Region, Pasco Province, Ticlacayan District. Puka Uru lies northwest Qiwllaqucha, one of the highest peaks of the Waqurunchu mountain range.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Peru 1:100,000, Ambo 1650, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
  2. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ Rimaycuna, Quechua de Huánuco, Diccionario del quechua dell Huallaga con índices castellano e inglés, Serie Lingüistica Peruana No. 48
  4. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Pasco Province (Pasco Region)
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