Puka Urqu (
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, ''urqu'' mountain,
"red mountain", Hispanicized spelling ''Pucaorjo'') is a mountain in the
La Raya La Raya may refer to:
* La Raya, Murcia, municipality in Spain
*La Raya de Santa María, municipality in Panama
* La Raya de Calobre, municipality in Panama
*La Raya mountain range, part of the Andes of Peru
*''La Raya'', informal name for the Port ...
mountain range 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
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 southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...
, about high. It is situated in the
Puno Region
Puno () is a department and region in southeastern Peru. It is the fifth largest department in Peru, after Cuzco, Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It is bordered by Bolivia on the east, the departments of Madre de Dios on the north, Cusc ...
,
Melgar Province,
Santa Rosa District. Puka Urqu lies near the La Raya pass north of
Khunurana.
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References
Mountains of the Department of Puno
Five-thousanders of the Andes
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