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Saywa Punta

Coordinates: 14°35′35″S 72°40′53″W / 14.59306°S 72.68139°W / -14.59306; -72.68139
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Saywa Punta
Saywa Punta is located in Peru
Saywa Punta
Saywa Punta
Peru
Highest point
Elevation4,900 m (16,100 ft)[1]
Coordinates14°35′35″S 72°40′53″W / 14.59306°S 72.68139°W / -14.59306; -72.68139
Geography
LocationPeru, Apurímac Region, Antabamba Province
Parent rangeAndes, 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

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  1. ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Antabamba Province (Apurímac Region)
  2. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  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