Millu (Ayacucho)

Millu
Millu
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 4,800 m (15,700 ft) [1]
Coordinates 14°42′22″S 73°42′00″W / 14.70611°S 73.70000°W / -14.70611; -73.70000Coordinates: 14°42′22″S 73°42′00″W / 14.70611°S 73.70000°W / -14.70611; -73.70000 
Geography
Location Peru, Ayacucho Region
Parent range Andes

Millu (Aymara for a kind of salpeter,[2] Quechua for salty,[3] hispanicized spelling Millo) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 4,800 m (15,748 ft) high. It is situated in the Ayacucho Region, Parinacochas Province, Coracora District. Millu lies northwest of Puka Punchu and northeast of Q'illu Urqu.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Parinacochas Province (Ayacucho Region)
  2. ↑ 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)
  3. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)


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