Hueco (mountain)

This article is about the mountain on the border of the Cusco Region and the Puno Region, Peru. For other uses, see Wiqu.
Hueco
Hueco is located in Peru
Hueco
Hueco
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,200 m (17,100 ft)[1]
Coordinates14°07′48″S 70°48′55″W / 14.13000°S 70.81528°W / -14.13000; -70.81528[2]
Geography
LocationPeru, Cusco Region, Puno Region
Parent rangeAndes, Vilcanota

Hueco (possibly from Aymara for a corner in a house, a mountain cove)[3] is a mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range Andes of Peru, about 5,200 metres (17,060 ft) high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, San Pablo District, and in the Puno Region, Melgar Province, Nuñoa District. Hueco is situated southwest of Pomanota, Jatuncucho, Cochacucho and Jatun Sallica, and northeast of Quellhuacota.[1]

  1. ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Melgar Province (Puno Region)
  2. ^ "Nevados". IGN, Peru. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  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)