Uma Kunka (Quechua uma mountain top; head, kunka throat,[2] Hispanicized spelling Umacunca) is a mountain in the Huancavelica Region in Peru, about 5,000 m (16,000 ft) high. It is located in the Huaytará Province, in the north of the Pilpichaca District. It lies south of a little lake named Yanaqucha ("black lake").[3]
Uma Kunka | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 5,000 m (16,000 ft)[1] |
Coordinates | 13°13′47″S 74°55′36″W / 13.22972°S 74.92667°W |
Naming | |
Language of name | Quechua |
Geography | |
Location | Peru, Huancavelica Region, Huaytará Province |
Parent range | Andes |
References
edit- ^ Peru 1:100,000, Huachocolpa 1944, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
- ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
- ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huaytará Province (Huancavelica Region)