Puca Mauras (possibly from
Quechua
Quechua may refer to:
*Quechua people, several Indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru
*Quechuan languages, an Indigenous South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language ...
''puka'' red) is a volcano in the
Andes
The Andes ( ), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (; ) are the List of longest mountain chains on Earth, longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range ...
of
Peru
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. It is situated in the
Arequipa Region
Arequipa () is a department and region in southwestern Peru. It is the sixth largest department in Peru, after Puno, Cuzco, Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto, its sixth most populous department, and its eleventh least densely populated dep ...
,
Castilla Province,
Chachas District
Chachas District is one of fourteen districts of the province Castilla in Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the ...
.
[escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL Map of the Castilla Province (1) (Arequipa Region)] Puca Mauras lies in the western extensions of the
Chila mountain range, west of a lake named Cochapunco (possibly from in the
Quechua
Quechua may refer to:
*Quechua people, several Indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru
*Quechuan languages, an Indigenous South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language ...
spelling ''Qucha P'unqu'').
References
Mountains of the Department of Arequipa
Four-thousanders of the Andes
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