Jatuncucho (possibly from
Quechua ''hatun'' big, ''k'uchu'' corner)
[Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)] is a mountain in the
Vilcanota mountain range in the
Andes
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of
Peru
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, about high. It is situated in the
Cusco Region
Cusco, also spelled Cuzco (; ), is a department and region in Peru and is the fourth-largest department in the country, after Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It borders the departments of Ucayali on the north; Madre de Dios and Puno ...
,
Canchis Province,
San Pablo District, in the
Puno Region,
Carabaya Province,
Corani District, and in the
Melgar Province,
Nuñoa District
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. Jatuncucho lies between
Pomanota in the north-west and
Jonorana in the east and north-east of the mountain
Cochacucho.
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References
Five-thousanders of the Andes
Mountains of the Department of Cusco
Mountains of the Department of Puno
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