Urqu Puñuna

Urqu Puñuna
Urqu Puñuna

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,200 m (17,100 ft) [1]
Coordinates 13°54′50″S 71°08′37″W / 13.91389°S 71.14361°W / -13.91389; -71.14361Coordinates: 13°54′50″S 71°08′37″W / 13.91389°S 71.14361°W / -13.91389; -71.14361
Geography
Location Peru, Cusco Region
Parent range Andes

Urqu Puñuna (Quechua urqu mountain; male, puñuna bed,[2] "mountain bed", hispanicized spelling Orco Puñuna) is a mountain in the western extensions of the Willkanuta mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,200 metres (17,060 ft) high. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, Pitumarca District, east of Siwinaqucha. Urqu Puñuna lies south of the mountain Utt'aña and southwest of the mountains Kuntur T'uqu, Chuwallani and Yana Urqu.[1]


References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL maps of the Canchis Province and the Quispicanchis Province 1 (Cusco Region)
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
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