Uma Kunka

Uma Kunka
Uma Kunka

Peru

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 / -13.22972; -74.92667Coordinates: 13°13′47″S 74°55′36″W / 13.22972°S 74.92667°W / -13.22972; -74.92667
Geography
Location Peru, Huancavelica Region, Huaytará Province
Parent range Andes

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]

References

  1. ↑ Peru 1:100,000, Huachocolpa 1944, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huaytará Province (Huancavelica Region)
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