Punta Yavre or Punta Yayre (possibly from Quechua ''punta'' peak; ridge, ''yawri'' a big needle, Aymara ''yawri'' copper) is a mountain in the northeast of the

Apolobamba Apolobamba ''(Cordillera (de) Apolobamba)'' is a mountain range in the South American Andes. Geographical Location It is located in the eastern borderland of Peru and Bolivia. On the Bolivian side it is situated in the La Paz Department, Bolivia ...

mountain range on the border of

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and

Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = Seal (emblem), National seal , national_motto = "Fi ...

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

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, Cusco ...

, Putina Province,

Sina District Sina District is one of five districts of the San Antonio de Putina Province in the Puno Region of Peru. Geography The Apolobamba mountain range traverses the district. The highest peaks of the district is Chawpi Urqu at above sea level which i ...

. Punta Yavre is situated northwest and northeast of the mountains

Chawpi Urqu Chaupi Orco (possibly from in 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 ...

and

Kulli Pata Kulli Pata or Kullipata (Quechua, ''kulli'' a color between blue and carmine (purple, violet, mulberry-colored), ''pata'' elevated place; above, at the top; edge, bank (of a river), shore,) ""purple or violet elevated place") is a mountain in the ...

.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 Puno Region International mountains of South America Bolivia–Peru border Mountains of Peru {{Puno-geo-stub