Hapu Punta
For the archaeological site in the Ayacucho Region, Peru, see Wichqana.
| Hapu Punta | |
|---|---|
| Wichqana | |
  Hapu Punta Peru | |
| Elevation | 5,845 m (19,177 ft) |
| Location | |
| Location | Cusco Region |
| Range | Andes, Willkanuta mountain range |
| Coordinates | 13°45′21″S 71°00′17″W / 13.75583°S 71.00472°WCoordinates: 13°45′21″S 71°00′17″W / 13.75583°S 71.00472°W |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1-1974 via W. ridge[1] |
Hapu Punta (Quechua hapu oven made in the field of clods of earth with dry roots which are burnt to heat potatoes in them to prepare wathiya, a traditional dish,[2] Spanish punta tip, point, "wathiya point", also spelled Japu Punta) or Wichqana (Quechua for a bar across a door or window, bolt, lock, blockade,[3] hispanicized Vichgana) is a mountain in the Willkanuta mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,845 metres (19,177 ft) high. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, Pitumarca District and in the Quispicanchi Province, Marcapata District.[4] Hapu Punta lies north of the lake Siwinaqucha and northwest of Kuntur Ikiña, Wila Jaqhi and Yayamari.
References
- ↑ Jill Neate, Mountaineering in the Andes, Peru ("Japu Punta (Vichgana) 5845m: 1-1974 via W. ridge.")
- ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
- ↑ traductor.babylon.com
- ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL maps of the province Quispicanchi (1) (Cusco Region)