Rocotopunta (Recuay)

For the mountain on the border of the provinces of Huaylas and Yungay, Ancash Region, Peru, see Rocotopunta.
Rocotopunta

Lake Querococha and Rocotopunta (on the right)
Highest point
Elevation 4,400 m (14,400 ft) [1]
Coordinates 9°42′20″S 77°18′27″W / 9.70556°S 77.30750°W / -9.70556; -77.30750Coordinates: 9°42′20″S 77°18′27″W / 9.70556°S 77.30750°W / -9.70556; -77.30750
Geography
Rocotopunta

Peru

Location Peru, Ancash Region
Parent range Andes, Cordillera Blanca

Rocotopunta[1][2] (Quechua rukutu, ruqutu a plant (Capsicum pubescens), punta peak; ridge)[3][4][5][6] is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru, about 4,400 m (14,436 ft) high.[2] It is located in the Ancash Region, Recuay Province, Ticapampa District, northeast of Lake Querococha. Rocotopunta lies between Yanamarey Creek to the north and Conde Creek to the south.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of Recuay Province (Ancash Region)
  2. 1 2 3 Peru 1:100 000, Recuay (20-i). IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú).
  3. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) (five-vowel-system)
  5. ↑ David Weber, A Grammar of Huallaga (Huánuco) Quechua, University of California Press, p. 185
  6. ↑ Robert Beér, Armando Muyolemaj, Dr. Hernán S. Aguilarpaj, Vocabulario comparativo, quechua ecuatoriano - quechua
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