Putkaqucha

Putkaqucha (Quechua putka muddy (Jauja Quechua), qucha lake,[2][3] "muddy lake", Hispanicized spelling Putcacocha) is a 5,236-metre-high (17,178 ft) mountain in the Waytapallana mountain range in Peru. It is located in the Junín Region, Concepción Province, Comas District, and in the Huancayo Province, on the border of the districts of El Tambo and Quilcas. Putkaqucha lies southwest of Puywan and northwest of Waytapallana and Ch'uspi.[1][4]

For the mountain and the lake in the Concepción Province, Junín Region, Peru, see Putkaqucha (Concepción). For the lake in the Yauli Province, Junín Region, Peru, see Putkaqucha (Yauli).
Putkaqucha
Putkaqucha
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,236 m (17,178 ft) [1]
Coordinates11°52′23″S 75°04′25″W 
Geography
LocationPeru, Junín Region
Parent rangeAndes, Waytapallana

References
  1. "Nevado Putcacocha". IGN, Peru. Archived from the original on June 10, 2015. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
  2. Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) , see qoncho (in Junín: putka)
  3. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huancayo Province (Junín Region)


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