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Pucasalla
Pucasalla is located in PeruPucasallaPucasallaPeru
Highest point
Elevation5,400 m (17,700 ft)
Coordinates13°50′17″S 70°54′37″W / 13.83806°S 70.91028°W / -13.83806; -70.91028
Geography
LocationPeru, Cusco Region
Parent rangeAndes, Vilcanota

Pucasalla (possibly from Quechua puka red, salla large cliff of gravel, "red cliff of gravel") is a mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,400 metres (17,717 ft) high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, Pitumarca District, east of Sibinacocha. It lies south of the peak of Condoriquiña.

References

  1. ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Canchis Province (Cusco Region)
  2. ^ "Cerro Pucasalla". IGN, Peru. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
  3. Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.


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