Yawa Yawa Explained

Yawa Yawa
Elevation M:4600
Location:BoliviaPeru border
Range:Andes
Map:Bolivia
Label Position:right
Map Size:200
Coordinates:-14.5628°N -69.1372°W

Yawa Yawa (Aymara yawa a spear without iron, the reduplication indicates that there is a group or a complex of something, "a complex of spears", also spelled Yagua Yagua) is a mountain northeast of the Apolobamba mountain range at the border of Bolivia and Peru. It is about 4600m (15,100feet) high. On the Bolivian side it is located in the La Paz Department, Franz Tamayo Province, Pelechuco Municipality, and on the Peruvian side it lies in the Puno Region, Putina Province, Sina District. Yawa Yawa is situated south of the mountain Ch'amakani and northeast of Punta Yawri. Yawa Yawa is also the name of a little lake near the mountain.[1] [2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Bolivian IGM map 1:100,000 3041 Pelechuco
  2. Web site: Pelechuco. . ine.gob.bo. December 13, 2014.
  3. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Putina Province (Puno Region)