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Puka Saya (Moquegua)

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Parent range
  
Andes

Mountain range
  
Andes

Elevation
  
5,320 m

Puka Saya (Moquegua)

Location
  
Peru, Moquegua Region, General Sanchez Cerro Province

Puka Saya (Quechua puka red, saya slope, "red slope", hispanicized Pucasaya) is a 5,320 metres (17,454 ft) high mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is situated southeast of the salt lake named Salinas. The mountain is located in the Moquegua Region, General Sánchez Cerro Province, Matalaque District, southwest of the active Ubinas volcano. Puka Saya lies on the southern border of the buffer zone of the Salinas and Aguada Blanca National Reservation.

Map of Pukasaya, Peru

References

Puka Saya (Moquegua) Wikipedia