Pucaparina (possibly from Aymara puka colored, Quechua puka red, Aymara parina flamingo,[3][4][5] "colored flamingo" or "red flamingo") is a mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 4,800 metres (15,748 ft) high. It lies in the Puno Region, Melgar Province, Nuñoa District.[1]

Pucaparina
Pucaparina is located in Peru
Pucaparina
Pucaparina
Peru
Highest point
Elevation4,800 m (15,700 ft)[1]
Coordinates14°15′20″S 70°45′04″W / 14.25556°S 70.75111°W / -14.25556; -70.75111[2]
Geography
LocationPeru, Puno Region
Parent rangeAndes, Vilcanota

References

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  1. ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Melgar Province (Puno Region)
  2. ^ "Cerro Pucaparina". IGN, Peru. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
  3. ^ 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)
  4. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  5. ^ Félix Layme Pairumani, Diccionario de Sinónimos de lengua aymara