Puka Qaqa

Mountain in Peru
Puka Qaqa is located in Peru
Puka Qaqa
Puka Qaqa
Peru
Highest pointElevation5,000 m (16,000 ft)[1]Coordinates10°26′5″S 76°51′22″W / 10.43472°S 76.85611°W / -10.43472; -76.85611GeographyLocationPeru, Lima Region, Cajatambo ProvinceParent rangeAndes

Puka Qaqa (Quechua puka red, qaqa rock,[2] "red rock", Hispanicized spelling Pucaccacca) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is located in the Lima Region, Cajatambo Province, Cajatambo District. Puka Qaqa lies in the Pumarinri valley south of the Waywash mountain range and north of Millpu. The lakes named Quyllurqucha, Warmiqucha (Quechua for "woman lake", Huarmicocha) and Challwaqucha ("fish lake", Challhuacocha) lie at its feet.[1]

See also

  • Millpu
  • Pumarinri

References

  1. ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Cajatambo Province (Lima Region)
  2. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.


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