Quntayqucha Punta
Quntayqucha Punta | |
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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°WCoordinates: 10°02′09″S 77°00′31″W / 10.03583°S 77.00861°W |
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.
References
- 1 2 3 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Bolognesi Province (Ancash Region)
- ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
- ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
- ↑ David Weber, A Grammar of Huallaga (Huánuco) Quechua, University of California Press, p. 185
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