Japu Punta

For the archaeological site in the Ayacucho Region, Peru, see Wichqana.
Japu Punta
Wichqana
Japu Punta

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,845 m (19,177 ft)
Coordinates 13°45′21″S 71°00′17″W / 13.75583°S 71.00472°W / -13.75583; -71.00472Coordinates: 13°45′21″S 71°00′17″W / 13.75583°S 71.00472°W / -13.75583; -71.00472
Geography
Location Cusco Region
Parent range Andes, Vilcanota mountain range
Climbing
First ascent 1-1974 via W. ridge[1]

Japu Punta or Hapu Punta (Quechua hapu oven made in the field of clods of earth with dry roots which are burnt to heat potatoes in them to prepare wathiya, a traditional dish, punta peak; ridge; first, before, in front of,[2][3][4] also spelled Japu Punta) or Wichqana (Quechua for a bar across a door or window, bolt, lock, blockade,[5] hispanicized Vichgana) is a mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,845 metres (19,177 ft) high. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, Pitumarca District and in the Quispicanchi Province, Marcapata District.[6] Hapu Punta lies north of the lake Siwinaqucha and northwest of Kuntur Ikiña, Wila Jaqhi and Yayamari.


References

  1. ↑ Jill Neate, Mountaineering in the Andes, Peru ("Japu Punta (Vichgana) 5845m: 1-1974 via W. ridge.")
  2. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ David Weber, A Grammar of Huallaga (Huánuco) Quechua, University of California Press, p. 185
  4. ↑ Vocabulario-Comparativo-Quechua-Ecuator-Quechua-Ancash
  5. ↑ traductor.babylon.com
  6. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL maps of the province Quispicanchi (1) (Cusco Region)
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