Yuraq Wayruru

Yuraq Wayruru

The glaciated Rit'ipampa area with Yuraq Wayruru shown in the upper right edge of this image (NASA, 2010)
Highest point
Elevation 5,000 m (16,000 ft) [1]
Coordinates 13°51′01″S 70°46′02″W / 13.85028°S 70.76722°W / -13.85028; -70.76722Coordinates: 13°51′01″S 70°46′02″W / 13.85028°S 70.76722°W / -13.85028; -70.76722
Geography
Yuraq Wayruru

Peru

Location Peru, Puno Region
Parent range Andes, Willkanuta

Yuraq Wayruru (Quechua yuraq white, wayruru a type of tree, Aymara wayruru red and black seeds of a plant (Abrus precatorius, Ormosia coccinea or Ormosia minor); also meaning something very beautiful,[2][3][4] "white wayruru", hispanicized spelling Yurac Huayruro) is a mountain in the Willkanuta mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is located in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Corani District, northeast of the large glaciated area of Rit'ipampa (Quechua for "snow plain"). Yuraq Wayruru lies northwest of Tarujani and Jach'a Tira and northeast of Khunurana.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Carabaya Province (Puno Region)
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ 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)
  4. ↑ "Diccionario Bilingüe, Castellano - Aymara, 2002". Félix Layme Pairumani. Retrieved January 23, 2015. (see: Pepa)


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