| Tuqtu | |
|---|---|
  Tuqtu Peru | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 4,400 m (14,400 ft) [1] |
| Coordinates | 14°23′30″S71°33′15″W / 14.39167°S 71.55417°W Coordinates: 14°23′30″S71°33′15″W / 14.39167°S 71.55417°W |
| Geography | |
| Location | Peru, Cusco Region, Canas Province, Chumbivilcas Province |
| Parent range | Andes |
Tuqtu (Quechua for "broody hen", [2] also spelled Tucto) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru. Its summit reaches about 4,400 m (14,436 ft) above sea level. The mountain is located in the Cusco Region, Canas Province, Quehue District, and in the Chumbivilcas Province, Livitaca District. [1] Annually the Tupay Tuqtu festival which has been declared a National Cultura Heritage takes places at the mountain. [3]
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, 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.
Southwest of Tuqtu, also on the border of the provinces of Canas and Chumbivilcas, there is a 4,750.9-metre-high (15,587 ft) peak named Tuqtu (Tocto). [4] It lies at 14°24′50″S71°31′00″W / 14.41389°S 71.51667°W .
