Puka Salla

Puka Salla
Puka Salla

Peru

Elevation 5,400 m (17,700 ft)[1]
Location
Location Peru, Cusco Region
Range Andes, Willkanuta
Coordinates 13°50′17″S 70°54′37″W / 13.83806°S 70.91028°WCoordinates: 13°50′17″S 70°54′37″W / 13.83806°S 70.91028°W[2]

Puka Salla (Quechua puka red, salla large cliff of gravel,[3][4] "red cliff of gravel", hispanicized spelling Pucasalla) is a mountain in the Willkanuta mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,400 metres (17,717 ft) high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, Pitumarca District, east of Siwinaqucha. It lies south of the peak of Kuntur Ikiña.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Canchis Province (Cusco Region)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Cerro Pucasalla". IGN, Peru. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
  3. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)