Puka Puka (Chumbivilcas)

Puka Puka
Puka Puka
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,100 m (16,700 ft) [1]
Coordinates 14°47′42″S 72°16′48″W / 14.79500°S 72.28000°W / -14.79500; -72.28000Coordinates: 14°47′42″S 72°16′48″W / 14.79500°S 72.28000°W / -14.79500; -72.28000 
Geography
Location Peru, Cusco Region, Chumbivilcas Province
Parent range Andes, Wansu

Puka Puka (Quechua puka red,[2] the reduplication indicates that there is a group or a complex of something, "a complex of red color", also spelled Pucapuca) is a mountain in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes of Peru which reaches a height of approximately 5,100 metres (16,732 ft). It is located in the Cusco Region, Chumbivilcas Province, Santo Tomás District. Puka Puka lies southeast of Wiska Tunqu.

The Sinqa Wayq'u ("nose brook") originates near the mountain. Its waters flow to the Apurímac River.[3]

References

  1. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Chumbivilcas Province (Cusco Region)
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ Ministerio de Agricultura, Mapa hidrográfico e inventario de fuentes de aguas superficiales en el ámbito del ATDR Sicuani, Sicuani, 2005
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