Huch'uy K'uchu

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Huch'uy K'uchu

Huch'uy K'uchu
Peru

Highest point

Elevation 5,339 m (17,516 ft)[1]

142544S 705948WCoordinates:
Coordinates
142544S 705948W
Geography
Location Peru, Cusco Region, Canas Province, Canchis Province
Parent range Andes, La Raya

Huch'uy K'uchu (Quechua huch'uy small (juch'uy in Bolivia), k'uchu corner,[2][3] "small
corner", Hispanicized spelling Uchuycucho) is a 5,339-metre-high (17,516 ft) mountain in
the La Raya mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Canas
Province, Layo District, and in the Canchis Province, Marangani District. Huch'uy K'uchu
lies near the La Raya pass northwest of Chimpulla and north of Kunka. It stretches along
the Hatun K'uchu valley ("big corner", Atuncucho) from west to east whose stream flows to
the Willkanuta River.[4]

References[edit]
1. Jump up^ Peru 1:250,000, Sicuani SD 19-09, Map
prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency,
Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
2. Jump up^ Diccionario Quechua - Espaol - Quechua,
Academa Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno
Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua_Spanish dictionary)
3. Jump up^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilinge
Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish
dictionary)
 4. Jump up^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Melgar
Province (Cusco Region)

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This page was last edited on 17 April 2017, at 13:24.