Puka Ranra (Arequipa)

This article is about the mountain in the Arequipa Region, Peru. For other uses, see Puka Ranra.
Puka Ranra
Puka Ranra is located in Peru
Puka Ranra
Puka Ranra
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,000 m (16,000 ft)[1]
Coordinates14°51′4″S 72°30′57″W / 14.85111°S 72.51583°W / -14.85111; -72.51583
Geography
LocationPeru, Arequipa Region, La Unión Province
Parent rangeAndes, Wansu

Puka Ranra (Quechua puka red, ranra stony; stony ground,[2][3] "red, stony ground", Hispanicized spelling Pucaranra) is a mountain in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is located in the Arequipa Region, La Unión Province, Puyca District. It is southwest of Qullpa K'uchu, Minasniyuq, Minata and Kunturillu. Puka Ranra lies in a remote, mountainous area north of Ikmaqucha.

  1. ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the La Unión Province (Arequipa Region)
  2. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  3. ^ "Diccionario: Quechua - Español - Quechua, Simi Taqe: Qheswa - Español - Qheswa" (PDF). Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua. Gobierno Regional del Cusco, Perú: Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua. 2005.