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Wank'a Ukru Punta

Coordinates: 9°37′04″S 76°29′19″W / 9.61778°S 76.48861°W / -9.61778; -76.48861
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Wank'a Ukru Punta
Wank'a Ukru Punta is located in Peru
Wank'a Ukru Punta
Wank'a Ukru Punta
Peru
Highest point
Elevation4,410 m (14,470 ft)[1]
Coordinates9°37′04″S 76°29′19″W / 9.61778°S 76.48861°W / -9.61778; -76.48861
Geography
LocationHuánuco Region
Parent rangeAndes

Wank'a Ukru Punta (Quechua wank'a rock, ukru hole, pit, hollow, punta peak; ridge; first, before, in front of,[2][3][4][5] "red mountain", also spelled Huancaucro Punta) is a 4,410-metre-high (14,470 ft) mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Huánuco Region, Dos de Mayo Province, Marías District. Wank'a Ukru Punta lies northwest of Tikti Punta and north of a lake named Saqsaqucha ("multi-colored lake").[6]

References

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  1. ^ Peru 1:100,000, Huánuco 1651, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Washington DC
  2. ^ "Diccionario: Quechua - Español - Quechua, Simi Taqe: Qheswa - Español - Qheswa" (PDF). Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua. Gobierno Regional del Cusco, Perú: Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua. 2005.
  3. ^ Ana Arias Torre, Toponimia de Ticapampa, in: Letras, Departamento Académico de Humanidades, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Facultad de Letras, Facultad de Letras y Ciencias Humanas, p. 191
  4. ^ David Weber, A Grammar of Huallaga (Huánuco) Quechua, University of California Press, p. 185
  5. ^ "Vocabulario comparativo, quechua ecuatoriano - quechua ancashino - castellano - English, Brighton 2006" (PDF). Robert Beér, Armando Muyolemaj, Dr. Hernán S. Aguilarpaj. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
  6. ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Dos de Mayo Province (Huánuco Region)