Putkaqucha (Concepción) Explained

Putkaqucha
Elevation M:4800
Elevation Ref:[1]
Range:Andes
Location:Peru, Junín Region
Map:Peru
Map Size:200
Label Position:right
Coordinates:-11.7408°N -74.9453°W
Coordinates Ref:[2]

Putkaqucha (Quechua putka muddy (Jauja Quechua), qucha lake,[3] "muddy lake", hispanicized spelling Putcacocha) is a mountain in Peru, about 48000NaN0 high, at a lake of that name. The mountain and the lake are located in the Junín Region, Concepción Province, Andamarca District, northeast of the Waytapallana mountain range. The peak of Putkaqucha is south of Utkhu Warqu.[1]

The lake named Putkaqucha (erroneously also spelled Putcococha) is situated at .[4]

Notes and References

  1. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Concepción Province (Junín Region)
  2. Web site: Nevado Putcacocha. . IGN, Peru. June 9, 2015.
  3. , see qoncho (in Junín: putka)
  4. Web site: Laguna Putcococha. . IGN, Peru. June 9, 2015.