Punta Yavre or Punta Yayre (possibly from

Quechua Quechua may refer to: *Quechua people, several Indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru *Quechuan languages, an Indigenous South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language ...

''punta'' peak; ridge, ''yawri'' a big needle,

Aymara Aymara may refer to: Languages and people * Aymaran languages, the second most widespread Andean language ** Aymara language, the main language within that family ** Central Aymara, the other surviving branch of the Aymara(n) family, which today ...

''yawri'' copper) is a mountain in the northeast of the Apolobamba mountain range on the border of

Bolivia Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...

and

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

. It is about high. On the Bolivian side it is located in the La Paz Department,

Franz Tamayo Province Franz Tamayo is a province in the Bolivian department of La Paz. It lies in the western part of the nation, and includes the Ulla Ulla National Reserve - which today is part of the Apolobamba Integrated Management Natural Area - in the high An ...

Pelechuco Municipality Pelechuco Municipality is the second municipal section of the Franz Tamayo Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. IN 2001 it had apopulation of 5,115. Its seat is Pelechuco. The municipality is bordered to the north by the Apolo Municip ...

, and on the Peruvian side it lies in the

Puno Region Puno () is a department and region in southeastern Peru. It is the fifth largest department in Peru, after Cuzco, Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It is bordered by Bolivia on the east, the departments of Madre de Dios on the north, Cusc ...

, Putina Province,

Sina District Sina District is one of five Districts of Peru, districts of the San Antonio de Putina Province in the Puno Region of Peru. Geography The Cordillera Apolobamba, Apolobamba mountain range traverses the district. The highest peaks of the district ...

. Punta Yavre is situated northwest and northeast of the mountains

Chawpi Urqu Chaupi Orco (possibly from the Quechua spelling ''Chawpi Urqu''; ''chawpi'' middle, center, ''urqu'' mountain) or Viscachani (possibly from the Aymara 'wisk'acha'' viscacha)'' is a mountain in the Andes on the border of Bolivia and Peru. It has ...

and Kulli Pata.Bolivian IGM map 1:100,000 3041 Pelechucoescale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Putina Province (Puno Region) A little river named Janq'u Qala (Aymara for "white stone", ''Janlocala'') originates near the lake Uqi Qucha (Quechua for "grey lake", ''Okhe Khocha'') east the mountain. It flows to the south. One of the small lakes south of Punta Yavre is Juqhun Punta ''(Jucun Punta)''.

References

Mountains of La Paz Department (Bolivia) Mountains of the Department of Puno International mountains of South America Bolivia–Peru border Four-thousanders of the Andes {{Puno-geo-stub