Saywa Punta (
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 ...
''saywa'' boundary stone, landmark, ''punta'' peak, ridge; first, before, in front of,
Robert Beér, Armando Muyolemaj, Dr. Hernán S. Aguilarpaj, Vocabulario comparativo, quechua ecuatoriano - quechua ancashino - castellano - English, Brighton 2006 Hispanicized spelling ''Sayhua Punta'') is a mountain in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes
The Andes ( ), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (; ) are the List of longest mountain chains on Earth, longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range ...
of Peru
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, about high. It lies in the Apurímac Region Apurímac is the name of:
*Apurímac River, a river in the south-eastern parts of central Peru
* Department of Apurímac, a region in the south-eastern parts of central Peru
*Three albums by the German new-age band Cusco
Cusco or Cuzco (; or ...
, Antabamba Province, Antabamba District
Antabamba (in Hispanicized spelling) or Antapampa (Quechua ''anta'' copper, ''pampa'' plain, "copper plain") is one of the seven districts of the Antabamba Province in Peru.
Geography
The Wansu mountain range traverses the province. Some of t ...
. Saywa Punta is situated southwest of Hatun Qillqa.[
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References
Four-thousanders of the Andes
Mountains of the Department of Apurímac
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