Kuntur Sinqa (La Convención)

This article is about the viewpoint in the La Convención Province, Cusco Region, Peru. For other uses, see Kuntursinqa.

Kuntur Sinqa or Kuntursinqa (Quechua kuntur condor, sinqa nose,[1] "condor nose", hispanicized spellings Condor Sencca, Condorsencca) is a viewpoint in Peru. It is situated in the Cusco Region, La Convención Province, Echarate District.[2] The viewpoint is a kind balcony made out of concrete and metal which runs around a rock. It lies about 500 metres (1,640 ft) above the Turuntuypata River (Torontoypata) and it is about 100 metres (328 ft) long. The balcony of Kuntur Sinqa is considered one of the outstanding works of engineering of the Cusco Region.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 mincetur.gob.pe "Mirador de Condor Sencca", retrieved on February 25, 2014