Puka Puka (Lima)
Puka Puka | |
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Puka Puka Peru | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 4,800 m (15,700 ft)[1] |
Coordinates | 12°15′09″S 75°47′11″W / 12.25250°S 75.78639°WCoordinates: 12°15′09″S 75°47′11″W / 12.25250°S 75.78639°W |
Geography | |
Location | Peru, Lima Region |
Parent range | Andes, Cordillera Central |
Puka Puka (Quechua puka red,[2] the reduplication indicates that there is a complex of something, "a complex of red color", also spelled Pucapuca) is mountain in the Cordillera Central in the Andes of Peru which reaches a height of approximately 4,800 metres (15,748 ft). It is located in the Lima Region, Yauyos Province, on the border of the districts of Alis and Vitis, north of Alis.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - Map of the Yauyos Province (Lima Region)
- ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch [Quechua-English dictionary] (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia.
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- Mountains of Lima Region
- Mountains of Peru
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