Aqup'ukru

Aqup'ukru
Aqup'ukru

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 4,997 m (16,394 ft) [1]
Coordinates 15°25′15″S 70°41′13″W / 15.42083°S 70.68694°W / -15.42083; -70.68694Coordinates: 15°25′15″S 70°41′13″W / 15.42083°S 70.68694°W / -15.42083; -70.68694
Geography
Location Peru, Puno Region
Parent range Andes

Aqup'ukru (Quechua aqu sand, p'ukru hole, pit, gap in a surface,[2] "sand hole", Hispanicized spelling Acopugro) is a 4,997-metre-high (16,394 ft) mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Puno Region, Lampa Province, Paratía District. Aqup'ukru is situated south of the mountain Yanawara, west of the lake Sayt'uqucha and southeast of the mountain Pachakutiq.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Peru 1:100,000, Ocuviri 2740, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Lampa Province (Puno Region)


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