Millu (Apurímac)

This article is about the mountain in the Apurímac Region, Peru. For other uses, see Millu. For the mountain in Bolivia, see Millu Urqu.
Millu
Millu

Peru

Elevation 5,100 m (16,700 ft)[1]
Location
Location Peru, Apurímac Region
Range Andes, Wansu
Coordinates 14°34′58″S 72°31′12″W / 14.58278°S 72.52000°WCoordinates: 14°34′58″S 72°31′12″W / 14.58278°S 72.52000°W

Millu (Aymara for a kind of salpeter / light brown, reddish, fair-haired, dark chestnut,[2][3] Quechua for salty,[4] hispanicized spelling Millo) is a mountain in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,100 metres (16,732 ft) high. It is situated in the Apurímac Region, Antabamba Province, Oropesa District. Millu lies southwest of the mountain Puka Urqu and northwest of the mountain Mina Q'asa (Quechua for "mine mountain pass", hispanicized Minajasa).[5]

References

  1. Consorcio Minero Horizonte, Resumen Ejecutio del EIAsd, Categoría II, Para Actividades de Exploración Minera, Proyecto: "Millo"
  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. aymara.ucb.edu.bo
  4. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  5. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Grau Province (Apurímac Region)