Quntayqucha Punta

Quntayqucha Punta
Quntayqucha Punta is located in Peru
Quntayqucha Punta
Quntayqucha Punta
Location within Peru
Highest point
Elevation4,800 m (15,700 ft)
Coordinates10°02′09″S 77°00′31″W / 10.03583°S 77.00861°W / -10.03583; -77.00861
Geography
LocationPeru, Ancash Region
Parent rangeAndes, Wallanka

Quntayqucha Punta (Quechua quntay clay, gypsum or magnesia, qucha lake, punta peak, ridge, Hispanicized spelling Contaycocha Punta) is a mountain in the Wallanka mountain range in the Andes of Peru which reaches an altitude of approximately 4,800 m (15,700 ft). It is located in the Ancash Region, Bolognesi Province, Huasta District, southwest of Chawpi Hanka.

The name of the mountain correlates with the name of a small lake at its feet, Quntayqucha (Contaycocha), at 10°02′56″S 77°00′22″W / 10.04889°S 77.00611°W / -10.04889; -77.00611.

References

  1. 1 2 3 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Bolognesi Province (Ancash Region)
  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. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  4. ↑ David Weber, A Grammar of Huallaga (Huánuco) Quechua, University of California Press, p. 185