Rukutu Punta

Rukutu Punta

Qiruqucha and Rukutu Punta (on the right)
Elevation 4,400 m (14,400 ft)[1]
Location
Rukutu Punta

Peru

Location Peru, Ancash Region
Range Andes, Cordillera Blanca
Coordinates 9°42′20″S 77°18′27″W / 9.70556°S 77.30750°WCoordinates: 9°42′20″S 77°18′27″W / 9.70556°S 77.30750°W

Rukutu Punta or Ruqutu Punta (Quechua rukutu, ruqutu a plant (Capsicum pubescens), punta first, before, in front of,[2][3][4] hispanicized spelling Rocotopunta) is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru, about 4,400 m (14,436 ft) high. It is situated in the Ancash Region, Recuay Province, Ticapampa District, northeast of Qiruqucha. Rukutu Punta lies between the Yanamaray valley in the north and the Kunti valley (Conde) in the south.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Recuay Province (Ancash Region)
  2. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) (five-vowel-system)
  4. Robert Beér, Armando Muyolemaj, Dr. Hernán S. Aguilarpaj, Vocabulario comparativo, quechua ecuatoriano - quechua