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Pumasillu (Pumasilluqucha)

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Location
  
Peru, Cusco Region

Elevation
  
5,100 m

Parent range
  
Andes, Willkapampa

Range
  
Andes

Pumasillu (Pumasilluqucha)

Pumasillu (Quechua puma cougar, sillu claw, "puma's claw", hispanicized spelling Pumasillo) is a mountain in the Willkapampa mountain range in the Andes of Peru which reaches a height of approximately 5,100 metres (16,732 ft). It is situated in the Cusco Region, La Convención Province, on the border of the districts of Santa Teresa and Vilcabamba. Pumasillu lies southwest of Chuqitakarpu and Qayqu at a lake named Pumasilluqucha ("Pumasillu lake", hispanicized Pumasillococha).

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Pumasillu (Pumasilluqucha) Wikipedia