La Bella Durmiente, Peru Explained

La Bella Durmiente
Other Name:	Puma Ringri
Map:	Peru
Location:	Leoncio Prado Province, Huánuco Region, Peru
Label Position:	left
Elevation M:	1805
Coordinates:	-9.3128°N -76.0164°W

La Bella Durmiente (Spanish for Sleeping Beauty), also known as Puma Ringri (possibly from Quechua puma cougar, puma, rinri ear,^[1] "puma ear"), is a mountain and prominent feature of Tingo María National Park, in the region of Huánuco, Peru.^{[2] [3]} It is located in the district of Mariano Damaso, Leoncio Prado Province, Huánuco and reaches an elevation of 1805m (5,922feet).

Name

The name comes from the shape of the mountain, which resembles a woman lying down, and is present in a local folktale.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
2. Web site: Tingo María. SERNANP. es. January 27, 2016. May 5, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170505034611/http://www.sernanp.gob.pe/tingo-maria. dead.
3. Web site: La Bella Durmiente. mincetur. April 29, 2017.
4. Book: Tingo María National Park - 50 years. SERNANP. 2014. en, es.