Yana Sallayuq

Yana Sallayuq
Yana Sallayuq

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,000 m (16,000 ft) [1]
Coordinates 13°46′40″S 70°41′24″W / 13.77778°S 70.69000°W / -13.77778; -70.69000Coordinates: 13°46′40″S 70°41′24″W / 13.77778°S 70.69000°W / -13.77778; -70.69000
Geography
Location Peru, Puno Region
Parent range Andes, Willkanuta

Yana Sallayuq (Quechua yana black, salla large cliff of gravel, -yuq a suffix to indicate ownership,[2][3] "the one with a black cliff of gravel" or "the black one with a cliff of gravel", hispanicized spelling Yana Sallayoc) is a mountain in the Willkanuta mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is lies in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Corani District. Yana Sallayuq is situated south of the mountains Q'illu Sallayuq and Llusk'a Rit'i, east of the mountain T'ika Pallana and west of the mountain Wisk'achani.

An intermittent stream originates south-east of Yana Sallayuq. Its waters flow to the river Laq'amayu (Lajamayu).[1]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Quispicanchi Province 2 (Cusco Region)
  2. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)


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