Ukrupata Explained

Ukrupata
Elevation M:5300
Elevation Ref:[1]
Range:Andes
Location:Peru, Lima Region
Map:Peru
Map Size:200
Coordinates:-11.6192°N -76.3078°W

Ukrupata (Quechua ukru hole, pit, hollow, pata elevated place; above, at the top; edge, bank (of a river), shore,[2] Hispanicized spelling Urcupata) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 53000NaN0 high. It is situated in the Lima Region, Huarochirí Province, on the border of the districts of Chicla and Carampoma. Ukrupata lies northwest of Millpu and east of Wamp'ar and the two lakes named Wamp'arqucha and Wachwaqucha.[1]

Notes and References

  1. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huarochirí Province (Lima Region)
  2. Ana Arias Torre, Toponimia de Ticapampa, in: Letras, Departamento Académico de Humanidades, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Facultad de Letras, Facultad de Letras y Ciencias Humanas, p. 191