Ch'iyar Qullu (Murillo)

This article is about the mountain in the Pedro Domingo Murillo Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia. For other uses, see Ch'iyar Qullu.
Ch'iyar Qullu
Highest point
Elevation 5,112 m (16,772 ft) [1]
Coordinates 16°27′49″S 67°57′20″W / 16.46361°S 67.95556°W / -16.46361; -67.95556Coordinates: 16°27′49″S 67°57′20″W / 16.46361°S 67.95556°W / -16.46361; -67.95556
Geography
Location Bolivia
La Paz Department
Parent range Andes, Cordillera Real

Ch'iyar Qullu (Aymara ch'iyara black, qullu mountain,[2] "black mountain", also spelled Chiar Kkollu) is a 5,112-metre-high (16,772 ft) mountain in the Cordillera Real in the Bolivian Andes. It lies in the La Paz Department, Murillo Province, at the border of the La Paz Municipality and the Palca Municipality. Ch'iyar Qullu is situated south-west of the mountains Jathi Qullu and Q'asiri. It lies at the lake Jach'a Q'asiri, south-west of it.[3]

References

  1. ↑ IGM map 6044-IV 'Chojlla'
  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. ↑ "Palca". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved August 25, 2014. (unnamed, north-east and north west of the two mountains of the same name)
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