Yuraq Punta

Yuraq Punta
Yuraq Punta

Peru

Elevation 5,100 m (16,700 ft)[1]
Location
Location Peru, Arequipa Region, La Unión Province
Range Andes, Wansu
Coordinates 14°48′22″S 72°31′37″W / 14.80611°S 72.52694°WCoordinates: 14°48′22″S 72°31′37″W / 14.80611°S 72.52694°W

Yuraq Punta or Yuraqpunta (Quechua yuraq white, Ancash Quechua punta first, before, in front of,[2][3] Spanish punta tip, point, hispanicized spelling Yurajpunta) is a mountain in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,100 metres (16,732 ft) high. It is situated in the Arequipa Region, La Unión Province, Puyca District. Yuraq Punta lies west of the mountain Minata, north of Ikmaqucha, northeast of the mountains Chawpi Chawpi and Chunta, and east of Tintaya.

References

  1. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the La Unión Province (Arequipa Region)
  2. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. homepage.ntlworld.com/robert_beer Robert Beér, Armando Muyolemaj, Dr. Hernán S. Aguilarpaj, Vocabulario comparativo, quechua ecuatoriano - quechua ancashino - castellano - English, Brighton 2006