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(Redirected from Rukutu Punta) Mountain in Peru For the mountain in the Recuay Province, Ancash Region, Peru, see Rocotopunta (Recuay).
Rocotopunta
Rocotopunta is located in PeruRocotopuntaRocotopuntaPeru
Highest point
Elevation5,400 m (17,700 ft)
Coordinates9°02′17″S 77°41′07″W / 9.03806°S 77.68528°W / -9.03806; -77.68528
Geography
LocationPeru, Ancash Region
Parent rangeAndes, Cordillera Blanca

Rocotopunta (Quechua rukutu, ruqutu a plant (Capsicum pubescens), punta peak; ridge) is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru which reaches a height of approximately 5,400 m (17,717 ft). It is located in the Ancash Region, Huaylas Province, Caraz District, and in the Yungay Province, Yungay District. Rocotopunta lies west of Huandoy.

Sources

  1. ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yungay Province (Ancash Region)
  2. ^ Peru 1:100 000, Carhuás (19-h). IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú).
  3. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  4. "Diccionario: Quechua - Español - Quechua, Simi Taqe: Qheswa - Español - Qheswa" (PDF). Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua. Gobierno Regional del Cusco, Perú: Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua. 2005. (five-vowel-system)
  5. David Weber, A Grammar of Huallaga (Huánuco) Quechua, University of California Press, p. 185
  6. Robert Beér, Armando Muyolemaj, Dr. Hernán S. Aguilarpaj, Vocabulario comparativo, quechua ecuatoriano - quechua


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