Pucapuca (Peru)

Pucapuca[1] (possibly from Quechua puka red,[2] the reduplication indicates that there is a group or a complex of something, "a complex of red color") is a 5,450-metre-high (17,881 ft)[1] mountain in the Vilcabamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is situated in the Cusco Region, La Convención Province, Santa Teresa District. Pucapuca lies southwest of Choquetacarpo and west of Pumasillo.[1][3]

This article is about the mountain in the La Convención Province, Cusco Region, Peru. For other uses, see Puka Puka.
Pucapuca
Pucapuca is located in Peru
Pucapuca
Pucapuca
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,450 m (17,880 ft)[1]
Coordinates13°15′04″S 72°51′40″W
Geography
LocationPeru, Cusco Region
Parent rangeAndes, Vilcabamba

References
  1. Ernst Spiess: Die Panta-Karte der SAC-Expedition in die Cordillera Vilcabamba (Peru), Cartographica Helvetica, Heft 28, Juli 2003, p. 27
  2. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the La Convención Province 1 (Cusco Region) (unnamed)


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