Japu Punta

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Japu Punta
Huichcana
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Japu Punta
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,845 m (19,177 ft)
Coordinates 13°45′21″S71°00′17″W / 13.75583°S 71.00472°W / -13.75583; -71.00472 Coordinates: 13°45′21″S71°00′17″W / 13.75583°S 71.00472°W / -13.75583; -71.00472  
Geography
Location Cusco Region
Parent range Andes, Vilcanota
Climbing
First ascent 1-1974 via W. ridge [1]

Japu Punta (possibly from Quechua hapu oven made in the field of clods of earth with dry roots which are burnt to heat potatoes in them to prepare wathiya, a traditional dish, punta peak; ridge; first, before, in front of, [2] [3] [4] ) or Huichcana (possibly from Quechua for a bar across a door or window, bolt, lock, blockade, [5] ) is a mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,845 metres (19,177 ft) high. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, Pitumarca District and in the Quispicanchi Province, Marcapata District. [6] Japu Punta lies north of the lake Sibinacocha and northwest of Condoriquiña, Huila Aje and Yayamari.

Andes mountain range running along the tu mamide of South America

The Andes or Andean Mountains are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. This range is about 7,000 km (4,300 mi) long, about 200 to 700 km wide, and of an average height of about 4,000 m (13,000 ft). The Andes extend from north to south through seven South American countries: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina.

Peru republic in South America

Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains vertically extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon Basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon river.


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References

  1. ↑ Jill Neate, Mountaineering in the Andes, Peru ("Japu Punta (Vichgana) 5845m: 1-1974 via W. ridge.")
  2. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ David Weber, A Grammar of Huallaga (Huánuco) Quechua, University of California Press, p. 185
  4. ↑ Vocabulario-Comparativo-Quechua-Ecuator-Quechua-Ancash
  5. ↑ traductor.babylon.com
  6. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL maps of the province Quispicanchi (1) (Cusco Region)
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