Punta Yavre or Punta Yayre (possibly from Quechua punta peak; ridge, yawri a big needle, Aymara yawri copper)[1][2][3] is a mountain in the northeast of the Apolobamba mountain range on the border of Bolivia and Peru. It is about 4,600 metres (15,092 ft) high. On the Bolivian side it is located in the La Paz Department, Franz Tamayo Province, Pelechuco Municipality, and on the Peruvian side it lies in the Puno Region, Putina Province, Sina District. Punta Yavre is situated northwest and northeast of the mountains Chawpi Urqu and Kulli Pata.[4][5][6]
| Punta Yavre | |
|---|---|
  Punta Yavre Location in Bolivia, on the border with Peru | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 4,600 m (15,100 ft) |
| Coordinates | 14°34′46″S 69°11′09″W / 14.57944°S 69.18583°W |
| Geography | |
| Location | Bolivia–Peru border |
| Parent range | Andes, Apolobamba |
A little river named Janq'u Qala (Aymara for "white stone", Janlocala) originates near the lake Uqi Qucha (Quechua for "grey lake", Okhe Khocha) east the mountain. It flows to the south. One of the small lakes south of Punta Yavre is Juqhun Punta (Jucun Punta).
References edit
- ^ David Weber, A Grammar of Huallaga (Huánuco) Quechua, University of California Press, p. 185
- ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
- ^ Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
- ^ Bolivian IGM map 1:100,000 3041 Pelechuco
- ^ "Pelechuco". ine.gob.bo. Archived from the original on December 7, 2014. Retrieved December 13, 2014.
- ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Putina Province (Puno Region)
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