Location Peru, Ancash Region Ranges Andes, Cordillera Blanca | Elevation 5,000 m | |
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Parent range Andes, Cordillera Blanca | ||
Puma Waqanqa (Quechua: puma cougar, puma, waqay to cry, -nqa a suffix, "the cougar will cry", also spelled Pumahuacanca, Pumahuagangan) is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru which reaches a height of approximately 5,000 m (16,000 ft). It is located in the Ancash Region, Huaraz Province, Olleros District. Puma Waqanqa lies southwest of Urwashrahu and southeast of Shaqsha.
Puma Waqanqa (Pumahuaganga) is also the name of an intermittent stream which originates near the mountain. It flows to the south.
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