Puscanturpa

{{short description|Mountain in Peru}}

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| name = Puscanturpa

| photo = File:PuscanturpaN- parete N.JPG

| photo_caption = North face of Puscanturpa

| elevation_m = 5400

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| range = Andes, Huayhuash

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| language = Quechua

| location = Peru, Huánuco Region, Lima Region

| map = Peru

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| map_caption = Peru

| map_size = 200

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| coordinates = {{coord|10|22|02|S|76|51|51|W|type:mountain_region:PE_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

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| first_ascent = Pável Korzek and Gregar Krezal

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Puscanturpa (possibly from Quechua puchka, puska spindle, -n a suffix, t'urpu pointed, sharp,) is a mountain in the south of the Huayhuash mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about {{convert|5400|m|ft|0}} high. It is located in the Huánuco Region, Lauricocha Province, Jesús District, and in the Lima Region, Cajatambo Province, Cajatambo District. Puscanturpa lies northwest of the lake and the mountain named Suerococha and northeast of Cuyoc.

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escale.minedu.gob.pe UGEL map of the Cajatambo Province (Lima Region)]

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Category:Five-thousanders of the Andes

Category:Mountains of the Department of Huánuco

Category:Mountains of the Department of Lima

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