Pumahuanca

Pumahuanca,^[2][1] Pumahuanja^[3] (possibly from Quechua puma cougar, puma, wank'a rock, "puma rock")^[4] or Yucay^[1] is a 5,318-metre-high (17,448 ft)^[3] mountain in the Urubamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, on the boundary between Calca and Urubamba provinces, northwest of the town of Urubamba.^[5] It lies northwest of Chicón and west of Capacsaya.^[3]

Pumahuanca
Pumahuanja, Yucay
Pumahuanca as seen from Killaqucha northeast of it
Highest point
Elevation	5,318 m (17,448 ft)
Coordinates	13°11′17″S 72°08′16″W
Geography
Pumahuanca Peru
Location	Peru
Parent range	Andes, Urubamba
Climbing
First ascent	1-1958 from west[1]

See also

• Lares trek

References

1. Jill Neate, Mountaineering in the Andes, 1994 "Cordillera Urubamba, Nudo Yucay: Yucay (Pumahuanca, Manuel Grau) 5650m: 1-1958 from west."
2. Shimada, Izumi, ed. (2015). The Inka Empire: A Multidisciplinary Approach. University of Texas Press. pp. 126–127.
3. Peru 1:100 000, Urubamba (27-r). IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú).
4. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
5. "Mapa UGEL Calca" (PDF). Mapas DRE y UGEL. ESCALE - Ministerio de Educación - Perú. 2010. Retrieved 2016-07-15.