Tuco
Tuco, Tuku, Tucu or Huanaco Punta is a mountain in the Andes in South America. Its summit is 5,479 m ) high and it is one of the southernmost peaks in the snow-capped Cordillera Blanca in northwestern central Peru.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 5,479 metres
- Description: mountain in Peru
- Also known as: “Huanaco Punta”, “Nevado de Tuco”, “Tucu”, and “Tuku”
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Nevado Pastoruri and Challhua.
Nevado Pastoruri
Peak
Photo: Dtarazona, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nevado Pastoruri is a mountain in central Peru located in the center of Pachapaqui, in the Aquia District, in the Bolognesi Province in the Ancash Region.
Challhua
Peak
Challhua, Wiksu or Huicsu is a mountain in the southern Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru, about 5,487 m high. Challhua is located in the Ancash Region, Bolognesi Province, Aquia District and in the Recuay Province, Catac District.
Pastoruri Glacier
Glacier
Photo: Edubucher, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Pastoruri glacier is a cirque glacier, located in the southern part of the Cordillera Blanca, part of the Andes mountain range, in Northern Peru in the Ancash region. It is one of the few glaciers left in the tropical areas of South America.
Tuco
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Catac District, Recuay Province, Ancash, Peru, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-9.92452° or 9° 55′ 28″ southLongitude
-77.1988° or 77° 11′ 56″ westElevation
5,479 metres (17,976 feet)Open location code
67243RG2+5FOpenStreetMap ID
node 5110778993OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Venetian—“Tuco” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Nevado de Tuco”
- Basque: “Tuco”
- Cebuano: “Nevado de Tuco”
- Chinese: “圖庫山”
- Dutch: “Nevado de Tuco”
- Dutch: “Tuco”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل توكو”
- French: “Tuco”
- German: “Nevado de Tuco”
- German: “Tuco”
- Italian: “Tuco”
- Japanese: “トゥコ山”
- Persian: “کوه توکو”
- Quechua: “Tucu Chira”
- Quechua: “Tuku Chira”
- Quechua: “Tuku rit’i urqu”
- Quechua: “Tuku”
- Spanish: “nevado de Tuco”
- Spanish: “Nevado Tuco”
- Spanish: “Tuco”
- Spanish: “Tucu”
- Spanish: “Tuku”
- Venetian: “Tuco”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pastoruri View Point and Laguna Macar.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Tuco”. Photo: Diefreundin, Public domain.