Pumasillu (Pumasilluqucha)

For the mountain southeast of Chuqitakarpu on the border of the districts of Santa Teresa and Vilcabamba in the La Convencíon Province, Cusco Region, Peru, see Pumasillu.
Pumasillu
Pumasillu

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,100 m (16,700 ft) [1]
Coordinates 13°15′22″S 72°56′58″W / 13.25611°S 72.94944°W / -13.25611; -72.94944Coordinates: 13°15′22″S 72°56′58″W / 13.25611°S 72.94944°W / -13.25611; -72.94944
Geography
Location Peru, Cusco Region
Parent range Andes, Willkapampa

Pumasillu (Quechua puma cougar, sillu claw,[2] "puma's claw", hispanicized spelling Pumasillo) is a mountain in the Willkapampa mountain range in the Andes of Peru which reaches a height of approximately 5,100 metres (16,732 ft). It is situated in the Cusco Region, La Convención Province, on the border of the districts of Santa Teresa and Vilcabamba. Pumasillu lies southwest of Chuqitakarpu and Qayqu at a lake named Pumasilluqucha ("Pumasillu lake", hispanicized Pumasillococha).[1]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the La Convención Province 1 (Cusco Region)
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
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