Tunki Urqu

Tunki Urqu
Tunki Urqu

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 4,200 m (13,800 ft)
Coordinates 13°06′00″S 72°29′23″W / 13.10000°S 72.48972°W / -13.10000; -72.48972Coordinates: 13°06′00″S 72°29′23″W / 13.10000°S 72.48972°W / -13.10000; -72.48972
Geography
Location Peru, Cusco Region
Parent range Andes

Tunki Urqu (Quechua tunki Andean cock-of-the-rock, urqu mountain,[1][2] "Andean cock-of-the-rock mountain", hispanicized spelling Tunquiorjo) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 4,200 m (13,800 ft) high. It is located in the Cusco Region, La Convención Province, Huayopata District, and in the Urubamba Province, Machupicchu District. Tunki Urqu lies in the northwestern extensions of the Urupampa mountain range, northeast of the archaeological site of Machu Pikchu.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe Map of the Urubamba Province
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