Millu (Cusco)
This article is about the mountain in the Cusco Region, Peru. For other uses, see Millu. For the mountain in Bolivia, see Millu Urqu.
| Millu | |
|---|---|
 The glaciated Rit'ipampa area with Millu shown in the upper left part of this image (NASA, 2010) | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 5,500 m (18,000 ft) [1] |
| Coordinates | 13°51′16″S 70°51′50″W / 13.85444°S 70.86389°WCoordinates: 13°51′16″S 70°51′50″W / 13.85444°S 70.86389°W [2] |
| Geography | |
  Millu Peru | |
| Location | Peru, Cusco Region, Puno Region |
| Parent range | Andes, Willkanuta |
Millu (Aymara for a kind of salpeter / light brown, reddish, fair-haired, dark chestnut,[3][4] Quechua for salty,[5] hispanicized spelling Millo) is a mountain in the Willkanuta mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,500 metres (18,045 ft) high. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, Checacupe District, and in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Corani District. Millu lies northwest of the large glaciated area of Rit'ipampa (Quechua for "snow plain") and west of Unu Lluqsina.[1]
References
- 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Carabaya Province (Puno Region)
- ↑ "Nevados". IGN, Peru. Retrieved June 20, 2014.
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ aymara.ucb.edu.bo
- ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
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