Puka Saya (Moquegua)

Puka Saya

Satellite image of the volcano Ubinas (on the left) and Puka Saya (lower left)
Highest point
Elevation 5,320 m (17,450 ft)[1]
Coordinates 16°27′33″S 70°56′10″W / 16.45917°S 70.93611°W / -16.45917; -70.93611Coordinates: 16°27′33″S 70°56′10″W / 16.45917°S 70.93611°W / -16.45917; -70.93611
Geography
Puka Saya
Peru
Location Peru, Moquegua Region, General Sanchez Cerro Province
Parent range Andes

Puka Saya (Quechua puka red, saya slope,[2] "red slope", Hispanicized Pucasaya) is a 5,320-metre-high (17,454 ft) mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is situated southeast of the salt lake named Salinas. The mountain is located in the Moquegua Region, General Sánchez Cerro Province, Matalaque District, southwest of the active Ubinas volcano.[3] Puka Saya lies on the southern border of the buffer zone of the Salinas and Aguada Blanca National Reservation.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Valoración del Servicio Ambiental de Provisión de Agua con Base en la Reserva Nacional Salinas y Aguada Blanca - Cuenca del Río Chili, PROFONANPE, Lima, 2007
  2. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the General Sánchez Cerro (Moquegua Region)


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