Pachanqutu

Mountain in Peru
Pachanqutu is located in Peru
Pachanqutu
Pachanqutu
Peru
Highest pointElevation5,400 m (17,700 ft)[1]Coordinates11°54′42″S 76°3′16″W / 11.91167°S 76.05444°W / -11.91167; -76.05444GeographyLocationPeru, Lima Region, Junín RegionParent rangeAndes, Paryaqaqa

Pachanqutu or Phanchaqutu (Quechua pacha world, universe; time, -n a suffix, phancha open (like a blossomed flower), qutu heap, pile,[2][3] Hispanicized spelling Pachancoto, Panchacoto) is a mountain in the Paryaqaqa or Waruchiri mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,400 metres (17,717 ft) high. It is situated in the Lima Region, Huarochirí Province, San Mateo District, and in the Junín Region, Yauli Province, Suitucancha District.[1] It lieson the western border of the Nor Yauyos-Cochas Landscape Reserve.[4] Pachanqutu lies near Tunshu, southeast of Paka (Paca), south of Sullcon and Americo (5,600 metres (18,373 ft)), and west of the branch of Antachaire.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yauli Province (Junín Region)
  2. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org. see also: phanchay
  3. ^ "Bolivian Quechua-English Dictionary". Philip S. Lott. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
  4. ^ ParksWatch, Park Profile - Peru Nor Yauyos – Cochas Landscape Reserve, p. 6
  5. ^ "Americo 5,600 m". montanasperuanas.com. Retrieved July 18, 2014.


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