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Pucapuca (Peru)

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Location
  
Peru, Cusco Region

Elevation
  
5,450 m

Parent range
  
Andes, Vilcabamba

Range
  
Andes

Pucapuca (Peru)

Pucapuca (possibly from Quechua puka red, the reduplication indicates that there is a group or a complex of something, "a complex of red color") is a 5,450 metres (17,881 ft) high mountain in the Vilcabamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is situated in the Cusco Region, La Convención Province, Santa Teresa District. Pucapuca lies southwest of Choquetacarpo and west of Pumasillu.

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Pucapuca (Peru) Wikipedia