Ojecunca
Ojecunca is located in Peru
Ojecunca
Ojecunca
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,000 m (16,000 ft)[1]
Coordinates14°04′59″S 70°52′26″W / 14.08306°S 70.87389°W / -14.08306; -70.87389
Geography
LocationPeru, Cusco Region
Parent rangeAndes, Vilcanota

Ojecunca (possibly from Aymara uqi brown, grey brown, kunka throat, Quechua uqi lead-colored, lead, kunka throat,[2][3] "brown (or lead-colored) throat") is a mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, in the districts of Checacupe and San Pablo. Ojecunca lies southwest of Jampatune and Pomanota. The Pumanuta River, an important tributary of the Vilcanota River, flows along its southern slope.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Melgar Province (Puno Region)
  2. Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  3. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.


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