Utkhu

Utkhu
Utkhu
	Utkhu Peru
Highest point
Elevation	4,800 m (15,700 ft) [1]
Coordinates	14°32′45″S72°48′27″W / 14.54583°S 72.80750°W Coordinates: 14°32′45″S72°48′27″W / 14.54583°S 72.80750°W
Geography
Location	Peru, Apurímac Region
Parent range	Andes, Wansu

Last updated April 08, 2019

Utkhu (Quechua for cotton,^[2] also spelled Ucto, Utco) is a mountain in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 4,800 metres (15,748 ft) high. It is situated in the Apurímac Region, Antabamba Province, in the districts of Antabamba and Juan Espinoza Medrano. Utkhu lies northeast of Quri Pawkara.^[1]

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.

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Yana Uqhu is a mountain in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 4,800 metres (15,748 ft) high. It is situated in the Apurímac Region, Antabamba Province, Juan Espinoza Medrano District. Yana Uqhu lies southwest of the peaks of Quri Pawkara and south of Yuraq Qaqa.

Puka Ranra is a mountain in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is located in the Apurímac Region, Antabamba Province, Juan Espinoza Medrano District, and in the Ayacucho Region, Parinacochas Province, Coronel Castañeda District.

References

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

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[escale-1] 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Antabamba Province (Apurímac Region)

[2] Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)

Utkhu
Utkhu Peru
Highest point
Elevation	4,800 m (15,700 ft) ^[1]
Coordinates	14°32′45″S72°48′27″W / 14.54583°S 72.80750°W / -14.54583; -72.80750 Coordinates: 14°32′45″S72°48′27″W / 14.54583°S 72.80750°W / -14.54583; -72.80750
Geography
Location	Peru, Apurímac Region
Parent range	Andes, Wansu