Ch'aki Qucha

This article is about the mountain in the Potosí Department, Bolivia. For other uses, see Ch'aki Qucha (disambiguation).
Ch'aki Qucha
Ch'aki Qucha

Location in Bolivia

Highest point
Elevation 4,628 m (15,184 ft) [1]
Coordinates 19°44′08″S 65°35′30″W / 19.73556°S 65.59167°W / -19.73556; -65.59167Coordinates: 19°44′08″S 65°35′30″W / 19.73556°S 65.59167°W / -19.73556; -65.59167
Geography
Location Bolivia,
Potosí Department, José María Linares Province
Parent range Andes, Potosí mountain range

Ch'aki Qucha (Quechua ch'aki dry, qucha lake,[2] "dry lake", also spelled Chaqui Khocha) is a 4,628-metre-high (15,184 ft) mountain in the Potosí mountain range in the Bolivian Andes at a lake of the same name. It is located in the Potosí Department, José María Linares Province, in the west of the Puna Municipality. Ch'aki Qucha lies south of the mountain Kuntur Ikiña, northeast of Kunturiri and a lake named T'ala Qucha and southeast of Jatun Kunturiri.[1][3][4]

The lake named Ch'aki Qucha is northwest of the mountain at 19°43′52″S 65°36′20″W / 19.73111°S 65.60556°W / -19.73111; -65.60556.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Puna 6434-I
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ "South America Maps" (PDF). Joint Operations Graphic. Retrieved October 6, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Puna". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved October 6, 2014. (unnamed)
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