Q'iwiri

Q'iwiri
Q'iwiri Peru
Highest point
Elevation	5,255 m (17,241 ft)[1]
Coordinates	16°32′14″S 70°11′08″W
Geography
Location	Peru, Moquegua Region, Puno Region
Parent range	Andes

Q'iwiri (Aymara q'iwi a curved line; a cord wound around the hat or other things,^[2][3] -ri a suffix, Hispanicized spelling Quihuire)^[4] is a 5,255-metre-high (17,241 ft) mountain in the Peruvian Andes. It is located in the Moquegua Region, Mariscal Nieto Province, Carumas District, and in the Puno Region, Puno Province, in the districts Acora and Pichacani. Q'iwiri lies northwest of Qurini and north of a lake named Aqhuya Ch'alla (Pasto Grande).^[4]

References

1. Peru 1:100,000, Hospicio 2837, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD, see: Nevado Quiuyere
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. "Diccionario Bilingüe, Castellano - Aymara, 2002". Félix Layme Pairumani. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved January 2, 2015. (see: Curva)
4. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the El Collao Province (Puno Region)