Millo (Cusco)

Millo (possibly from Aymara for a kind of salpeter / light brown, reddish, fair-haired, dark chestnut,[3][4] Quechua for salty,[5]) is a mountain in the Vilcanota 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. Millo lies northwest of the large glaciated area of Quelccaya (Quechua for "snow plain") and west of Unollocsina.[1]

This article is about the mountain in the Cusco Region, Peru. For other uses, see Millu. For the mountain in Bolivia, see Millu Urqu.
Millo
The glaciated Quelccaya area with Millo shown in the upper left part of this image (NASA, 2010)
Highest point
Elevation5,500 m (18,000 ft) [1]
Coordinates13°51′16″S 70°51′50″W [2]
Geography
Millo
Peru
LocationPeru, Cusco Region, Puno Region
Parent rangeAndes, Vilcanota

References
  1. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Carabaya Province (Puno Region)
  2. "Nevados". IGN, Peru. Retrieved June 20, 2014.
  3. 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)
  4. aymara.ucb.edu.bo Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)


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