Wankar Quta Qullu

Wankar Quta Qullu
Wankar Quta Qullu

Location within Bolivia

Highest point
Elevation 4,900 m (16,100 ft)[1]
Coordinates 15°42′18″S 68°31′33″W / 15.70500°S 68.52583°W / -15.70500; -68.52583Coordinates: 15°42′18″S 68°31′33″W / 15.70500°S 68.52583°W / -15.70500; -68.52583
Geography
Location Bolivia,
La Paz Department, Larecaja Province
Parent range Andes

Wankar Quta Qullu (Aymara wankara a kind of drum, quta lake, qullu mountain,[2] "wankara lake mountain", also spelled Huancar Kkota Kkollu) is a mountain in the Andes of Bolivia, about 4,900 metres (16,076 ft) high. It is situated in the La Paz Department, Larecaja Province, Sorata Municipality, north of the main range of the Cordillera Real. Wankar Quta Qullu lies northeast of the mountain Wila Wilani. South of it there is a lake named Q'asiri Quta. A little river named Q'asiri Jawira originates here. It flows to Ch'uch'u Jawira in the south.[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Sorata 5846-I
  2. 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)
  3. "Sorata". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved November 28, 2014.


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