Millu (Moquegua)

Millu
Millu
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,000 m (16,000 ft) [1]
Coordinates 16°53′19″S 70°32′30″W / 16.88861°S 70.54167°W / -16.88861; -70.54167Coordinates: 16°53′19″S 70°32′30″W / 16.88861°S 70.54167°W / -16.88861; -70.54167 
Geography
Location Peru, Moquegua 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 southern Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is situated in the Moquegua Region, Mariscal Nieto Province, Carumas District. Millu lies south of the mountain Uma Jalsu.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Mariscal Nieto Province (Moquegua 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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