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Pumahuanca
Pumahuanja, Yucay
Peru - Lares Trek 051 - looking out from the 2nd pass (7586227950).jpg
Pumahuanca as seen from Killaqucha northeast of it
Highest point
Elevation 5,318 m (17,448 ft)
Geography
Pumahuanca is located in Peru
Pumahuanca
Pumahuanca
Location in Peru
Location Peru
Parent range Andes, Urubamba
Climbing
First ascent 1-1958 from west

Pumahuanca, Pumahuanja (possibly from Quechua puma cougar, puma, wank'a rock, "puma rock") or Yucay is a 5,318-metre-high (17,448 ft) mountain in the Urubamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, on the boundary between Calca and Urubamba provinces, northwest of Urubamba. It lies northwest of Chicón and west of Capacsaya.

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