Puka Puka (Lima)

This article is about the mountain in the Lima Region, Peru. For other uses, see Puka Puka.
Puka Puka
Puka Puka

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 4,800 m (15,700 ft) [1]
Coordinates 12°15′09″S 75°47′11″W / 12.25250°S 75.78639°W / -12.25250; -75.78639Coordinates: 12°15′09″S 75°47′11″W / 12.25250°S 75.78639°W / -12.25250; -75.78639
Geography
Location Peru, Lima Region
Parent range Andes, Cordillera Central

Puka Puka (Quechua puka red,[2] the reduplication indicates that there is a complex of something, "a complex of red color", also spelled Pucapuca) is mountain in the Cordillera Central in the Andes of Peru which reaches a height of approximately 4,800 metres (15,748 ft). It is located in the Lima Region, Yauyos Province, on the border of the districts of Alis and Vitis, north of Alis.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - Map of the Yauyos Province (Lima Region)
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)


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