Saywa Punta

Saywa Punta
Saywa Punta

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 4,900 m (16,100 ft) [1]
Coordinates 14°35′35″S 72°40′53″W / 14.59306°S 72.68139°W / -14.59306; -72.68139Coordinates: 14°35′35″S 72°40′53″W / 14.59306°S 72.68139°W / -14.59306; -72.68139
Geography
Location Peru, Apurímac Region, Antabamba Province
Parent range Andes, Wansu

Saywa Punta (Quechua saywa boundary stone, landmark, punta peak, ridge; first, before, in front of,[2][3][4] hispanicized spelling Sayhua Punta) is a mountain in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 4,900 metres (16,076 ft) high. It lies in the Apurímac Region, Antabamba Province, Antabamba District. Saywa Punta is situated southwest of Hatun Qillqa.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Antabamba Province (Apurímac Region)
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ David Weber, A Grammar of Huallaga (Huánuco) Quechua, University of California Press, p. 185
  4. ↑ homepage.ntlworld.com/robert_beer Robert Beér, Armando Muyolemaj, Dr. Hernán S. Aguilarpaj, Vocabulario comparativo, quechua ecuatoriano - quechua ancashino - castellano - English, Brighton 2006


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