Yurac Huayruro
| Yurac Huayruro | |
|---|---|
 The glaciated Quelccaya area with Yurac Huayruro 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 |
| Geography | |
  Yurac Huayruro Peru | |
| Location | Peru, Puno Region |
| Parent range | Andes, Vilcanota |
Yurac Huayruro (possibly from 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") is a mountain in the Vilcanota 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 Quelccaya (Quechua for "snow plain"). Yurac Huayruro lies northwest of Tarucani and Jachatira and northeast of Cunorana.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Carabaya Province (Puno Region)
- ^ 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)
- ^ "Diccionario Bilingüe, Castellano - Aymara, 2002". Félix Layme Pairumani. Retrieved January 23, 2015. (see: Pepa)
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