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Rocotopunta

Coordinates: 9°02′17″S 77°41′07″W / 9.03806°S 77.68528°W / -9.03806; -77.68528
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Rocotopunta
Rocotopunta is located in Peru
Rocotopunta
Rocotopunta
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,400 m (17,700 ft)[1]
Coordinates9°02′17″S 77°41′07″W / 9.03806°S 77.68528°W / -9.03806; -77.68528
Geography
LocationPeru, Ancash Region
Parent rangeAndes, Cordillera Blanca

Rocotopunta[2][1] (Quechua rukutu, ruqutu a plant (Capsicum pubescens), punta peak; ridge)[3][4][5][6] is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru which reaches a height of approximately 5,400 m (17,717 ft).[2] It is located in the Ancash Region, Huaylas Province, Caraz District, and in the Yungay Province, Yungay District.[1] Rocotopunta lies west of Huandoy.[1][2]

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  1. ^ a b c d escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yungay Province (Ancash Region)
  2. ^ a b c Peru 1:100 000, Carhuás (19-h). IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú).
  3. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  4. ^ "Diccionario: Quechua - Español - Quechua, Simi Taqe: Qheswa - Español - Qheswa" (PDF). Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua. Gobierno Regional del Cusco, Perú: Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua. 2005. (five-vowel-system)
  5. ^ David Weber, A Grammar of Huallaga (Huánuco) Quechua, University of California Press, p. 185
  6. ^ Robert Beér, Armando Muyolemaj, Dr. Hernán S. Aguilarpaj, Vocabulario comparativo, quechua ecuatoriano - quechua