Tuctopunta

{{short description|Mountain in Peru}}

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| location = Peru, Ancash, Bolognesi Province

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| elevation_m = 5343

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| range = Cordillera Blanca

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Tuctopunta{{Cite book|title=Alpenvereinskarte 0/3b. Cordillera Blanca Süd (Peru). 1:100 000|last=|first=|publisher=Oesterreichischer Alpenverein|year=2005|isbn=3-937530-05-3|location=|pages=}}{{Cite book|title=Peru 1:100 000, Recuay (20-i)|last=|first=|publisher=IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú)|year=|isbn=|location=|pages=}} (possibly from Quechua tuqtu broody hen, punta peak; ridge; first, before, in front of){{Ref Laime}}David Weber, A Grammar of Huallaga (Huánuco) Quechua, University of California Press, p. 185[http://de.scribd.com/doc/117176164/Vocabulario-Comparativo-Quechua-Ecuator-Quechua-Ancash-20-Oct-06 Vocabulario-Comparativo-Quechua-Ecuator-Quechua-Ancash] is a {{convert|5343|m|ft|0|adj=mid|-high}} mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Ancash Region, Huaraz Province, Olleros District. Tuctopunta lies northwest of Tuctu and southwest of Uruashraju and Arhuay.http://escale.minedu.gob.pe/documents/10156/1367926/ugel_huaraz.pdf - UGEL map of Huaraz Province (Ancash)

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