Sayrecucho

Sayrecucho
Sayrecucho
Location within Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,200[1] m (17,100 ft)
Coordinates 14°01′42″S 70°51′37″W / 14.02833°S 70.86028°W / -14.02833; -70.86028Coordinates: 14°01′42″S 70°51′37″W / 14.02833°S 70.86028°W / -14.02833; -70.86028 
Geography
Location Peru
Parent range Andes, Vilcanota

Sayrecucho (possibly from Aymara and Quechua sayri tobacco, k'uchu corner,[2][3] "tobacco corner") is a mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,200 metres (17,060 ft) high. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, Checacupe District, and in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Corani District. Sayrecucho lies southeast of the mountains Otoroncane and Huancane Apacheta, northwest of Culi and north of Tutallipina. The river Huancane originates north of Sayrecucho. Its waters flow to the Vilcanota River.[4]

References

  1. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Carabaya Province (Puno 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)
  4. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Canis Province (Cusco Region)


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