Puma Wachana

Puma Wachana
Puma Wachana

Location within Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,000 m (16,000 ft) [1]
Coordinates 14°40′43″S 69°43′48″W / 14.67861°S 69.73000°W / -14.67861; -69.73000Coordinates: 14°40′43″S 69°43′48″W / 14.67861°S 69.73000°W / -14.67861; -69.73000
Geography
Location Peru
Parent range Andes

Puma Wachana (Quechua puma cougar, puma, wacha birth, to give birth,[2][3] -na a suffix, "where the cougar is born", hispanicized spelling Puma Huachana) is a mountain in Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is located in the Puno Region, Putina Province, in the west of the Ananea District.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Putina Province (Puno Region)
  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)


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