Punta Yavre or Punta Yayre (possibly from

Quechua Quechua may refer to: *Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru *Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language **So ...

''punta'' peak; ridge, ''yawri'' a big needle,

Aymara Aymara may refer to: Languages and people * Aymaran languages, the second most widespread Andean language ** Aymara language, the main language within that family ** Central Aymara, the other surviving branch of the Aymara(n) family, which today ...

''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

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

Franz Tamayo Province Franz Tamayo is a province in the Bolivian department of La Paz. It lies in the western part of the nation, and includes the Ulla Ulla National Reserve - which today is part of the Apolobamba Integrated Management Natural Area - in the high An ...

, Pelechuco Municipality, 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. Punta Yavre is situated northwest and northeast of the mountains Chawpi Urqu and Kulli Pata.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)''.

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Mountains of La Paz Department (Bolivia) Mountains of Puno Region International mountains of South America Bolivia–Peru border Mountains of Peru {{Puno-geo-stub