Puka Punta (
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, ''punta'' peak; ridge,
[ "red peak (or ridge)", also spelled ''Pucapunta'') is a mountain in the ]Cordillera Negra
The Cordillera Negra (Spanish language, Spanish for "black range"), Yana Walla in Quechuan languages, qechua is part of the ''Cordillera Occidental'', one of three mountain ranges in the Andes of west central Peru. It is almost entirely located wi ...
in the Andes
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of Peru
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. It reaches a height of approximately .
It is located in the Ancash Region
Ancash (; ) is a department and region in western Peru. It is bordered by the departments of La Libertad on the north, Huánuco and Pasco on the east, Lima on the south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. Its capital is the city of Huaraz, ...
, Huaylas Province, Mato District, and in the Santa Province, Cáceres del Perú District
Cáceres del Perú District is one of nine districts of the Santa Province in the Ancash Region in Peru. Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital''. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
The province was named after ...
. Puka Punta lies southeast of a mountain and lake named Qarwaqucha.
References
Four-thousanders of the Andes
Mountains of the Department of Ancash
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