Ukrupata

Ukrupata
Ukrupata
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,300 m (17,400 ft) [1]
Coordinates 11°37′09″S 76°18′28″W / 11.61917°S 76.30778°W / -11.61917; -76.30778Coordinates: 11°37′09″S 76°18′28″W / 11.61917°S 76.30778°W / -11.61917; -76.30778 
Geography
Location Peru, Lima Region
Parent range Andes

Ukrupata (Quechua ukru hole, pit, hollow, pata elevated place; above, at the top; edge, bank (of a river), shore,[2][3][4] hispanicized spelling Urcupata) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5,300 m (17,388 ft) high. It is situated in the Lima Region, Huarochirí Province, on the border of the districts of Chicla and Carampoma. Ukrupata lies northwest of Millpu and east of Wamp'ar and the two lakes named Wamp'arqucha and Wachwaqucha.[1]


References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huarochirí Province (Lima Region)
  2. ↑ Ana Arias Torre, Toponimia de Ticapampa, in: Letras, Departamento Académico de Humanidades, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Facultad de Letras, Facultad de Letras y Ciencias Humanas, p. 191
  3. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)


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