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Puka Q'asa (Huaytará)

Coordinates: 13°11′17″S 74°59′55″W / 13.18806°S 74.99861°W / -13.18806; -74.99861
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Puka Q'asa
Puka Q'asa is located in Peru
Puka Q'asa
Puka Q'asa
Peru
Highest point
Elevation4,800 m (15,700 ft)[1]
Coordinates13°11′17″S 74°59′55″W / 13.18806°S 74.99861°W / -13.18806; -74.99861
Naming
Language of nameQuechua
Geography
LocationPeru, Huancavelica Region, Huaytará Province
Parent rangeAndes

Puka Q'asa (Quechua puka red, q'asa mountain pass,[2] "red mountain pass", also spelled Pucaccasa) is a mountain in the Huancavelica Region in Peru, about 4,800 metres (15,748 ft) high. It is located in the Huaytará Province, Pilpichaca District. Puka Q'asa lies southwest of a mountain named Yawarqucha, east of Chuqlluqucha. The little lake northwest of Puka Q'asa is Wachwaqucha ("Andean goose lake").[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huaytará Province (Huancavelica Region)
  2. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.