Tucuhuachana (possibly from

quechua Quechua may refer to: *Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru *Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language **So ...

''tuku'' owl, ''wacha'' birth, to give birth, ''-na'' a

suffix In linguistics, a suffix is an affix which is placed after the stem of a word. Common examples are case endings, which indicate the grammatical case of nouns, adjectives, and verb endings, which form the conjugation of verbs. Suffixes can carry ...

, "where the owl is born") is mountain in the Carabaya mountain range in the

Andes The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountains (; ) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is long, wide (widest between 18°S – 20°S ...

Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = Seal (emblem), National seal , national_motto = "Fi ...

, about high. It is located 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, Cusco ...

Carabaya Province Carabaya Province is a Provinces of Peru, province of the Puno Region located in the southern part of Peru. It is bounded on the north by the Madre de Dios Region, on the east by the Sandia Province, on the south by the provinces of Azángaro Prov ...

Ituata District Ituata District is one of ten districts of the Carabaya Province in Peru. Geography The Kallawaya mountain range traverses the district. One of the highest elevations of the district is Q'iruni at . Other mountains are listed below: Ethnic ...

. Tucuhuachana lies southwest of

Pumajolluni Pumajolluni (possibly from Aymara ''puma'' cougar, puma, ''qullu'' mountain, ''-ni'' a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with a cougar mountain") is a mountain in the Carabaya mountain range in the Andes of Peru at a lake of the same name. ...

, northeast of

Queroni Queroni (possibly from Aymara ''q'iru'' wood, ''qiru'' a cup or glass, ''-ni'' a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with wood" or "the one with a cup") is mountain in the Carabaya mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the P ...

and southeast of Allpajata. The little lake east of it is named Vilajota (possibly from Aymara for "red lake").

References

Mountains of Puno Region Mountains of Peru {{Puno-geo-stub