Riticunca
mountain in Peru
Riticunca (possibly from Quechua rit'i snow, kunka throat, "snow throat", also spelled Riticunca) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is located in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Crucero District, and in the Sandia Province, Patambuco District, northwest of the mountain Laramani. East of Riticunca there is a group of small lakes, among them Riticocha ("snow lake", Rit'iqucha) and Yanacocha ("black lake", Yanaqucha). The lake Jochajucho is situated in the Ritipata valley southeast of the mountain.
“Riticunca” enters the record as mountain in Peru. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Riticunca, mountain and Peru can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q19421408. Authority coordinates are -14.358, -69.734. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.
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