Puma Wachana
Elevation5000 m
LocationPeru
RangeAndes
Coordinates14°40′43″S 69°43′48″W

Puma Wachana (Quechua puma cougar, puma, wacha birth, to give birth,[1][2] -na a suffix, "where the cougar is born", Hispanicized spelling Puma Huachana) is a mountain in Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is located in the Puno Region, Putina Province, in the west of the Ananea District.[3]

References

  1. ^ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
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  3. ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Putina Province (Puno Region)