Yuraq Punta

For the mountain in the Ancash Region, Peru, see Yuraq Punta (Ancash).
Yuraq Punta
Yuraq Punta

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,100 m (16,700 ft) [1]
Coordinates 14°48′22″S 72°31′37″W / 14.80611°S 72.52694°W / -14.80611; -72.52694Coordinates: 14°48′22″S 72°31′37″W / 14.80611°S 72.52694°W / -14.80611; -72.52694
Geography
Location Peru, Arequipa Region, La Unión Province
Parent range Andes, Wansu

Yuraq Punta (Quechua yuraq white, punta peak; ridge,[2][3] "white peak (or ridge)", also spelled Yurajpunta) is a mountain in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,100 metres (16,732 ft) high. It is located in the Arequipa Region, La Unión Province, Puyca District. Yuraq Punta lies west of Minata, northeast of Chawpi Chawpi and Chunta, and east of Tintaya, north of a lake named Ikmaqucha (Quechua for "widow lake").[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the La Unión Province (Arequipa Region)
  2. 1 2 Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ David Weber, A Grammar of Huallaga (Huánuco) Quechua, University of California Press, p. 185


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