Huch'uy K'uchu

Huch'uy K'uchu
Huch'uy K'uchu

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,339 m (17,516 ft) [1]
Coordinates 14°25′44″S 70°59′48″W / 14.42889°S 70.99667°W / -14.42889; -70.99667Coordinates: 14°25′44″S 70°59′48″W / 14.42889°S 70.99667°W / -14.42889; -70.99667
Geography
Location Peru, Cusco Region, Canas Province, Canchis Province
Parent range Andes, La Raya

Huch'uy K'uchu (Quechua huch'uy small (juch'uy in Bolivia), k'uchu corner,[2][3] "small corner", hispanicized spelling Uchuycucho) is a 5,339-metre (17,516 ft) high mountain in the La Raya mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Canas Province, Layo District, and in the Canchis Province, Marangani District. Huch'uy K'uchu lies near the La Raya pass northwest of Chimpulla and north of Kunka. It stretches along the Hatun K'uchu valley ("big corner", Atuncucho) from west to east whose stream flows to the Willkanuta River.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Peru 1:250,000, Sicuani SD 19-09, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
  2. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua_Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Melgar Province (Cusco Region)


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