{{short description|Mountain in Peru}}
{{About||the mountain in the Recuay Province, Ancash Region, Peru|Rocotopunta (Recuay)}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Rocotopunta | image = | image_caption = | map = Peru | map_caption = Peru | location = Peru, Ancash Region | label_position = | coordinates = {{coord|9|02|17|S|77|41|07|W|type:mountain_region:PE_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | elevation_m = 5400 | elevation_ref = <ref name=escale/> | prominence_m = | prominence_ref = | listing = | range = Andes, Cordillera Blanca | topo = | range_coordinates = | coordinates_ref = | type = | age = | first_ascent = | easiest_route = | map_size = 200 }} '''Rocotopunta'''<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Peru 1:100 000, Carhuás (19-h)|publisher=IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú)}}</ref><ref name="escale" /> (Quechua ''rukutu, ruqutu'' a plant ''(Capsicum pubescens)'', ''punta'' peak; ridge)<ref name=laime/><ref name=simi/><ref name=weber/><ref name=beer/> is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru which reaches a height of approximately {{convert|5400|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}.<ref name=":0" /> It is located in the Ancash Region, Huaylas Province, Caraz District, and in the Yungay Province, Yungay District.<ref name="escale" /> Rocotopunta lies west of Huandoy.<ref name="escale" /><ref name=":0" />
==Sources== <references>
<ref name=escale>escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yungay Province (Ancash Region)</ref> <ref name=laime>{{Ref Laime}}</ref> <ref name=simi>{{Ref Simi}} (five-vowel-system)</ref> <ref name=weber>David Weber, A Grammar of Huallaga (Huánuco) Quechua, University of California Press, p. 185</ref> <ref name=beer>Robert Beér, Armando Muyolemaj, Dr. Hernán S. Aguilarpaj, Vocabulario comparativo, quechua ecuatoriano - quechua</ref>
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Category:Five-thousanders of the Andes Category:Mountains of the Department of Ancash
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