Ch'iyar Qullu (Palca)

This article is about the mountain in the Palca Municipality, Pedro Domingo Murillo Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia. For other uses, see Ch'iyar Qullu.
Ch'iyar Qullu
Highest point
Elevation 4,688 m (15,381 ft) [1]
Coordinates 16°30′16″S 67°58′30″W / 16.50444°S 67.97500°W / -16.50444; -67.97500Coordinates: 16°30′16″S 67°58′30″W / 16.50444°S 67.97500°W / -16.50444; -67.97500
Geography
Location Bolivia
La Paz Department
Parent range Andes

Ch'iyar Qullu (Aymara ch'iyara black, qullu mountain,[2] "black mountain", also spelled Chiar Kkollu) is a 4,688-metre-high (15,381 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It lies in the La Paz Department, Murillo Province, Palca Municipality. Ch'iyar Qullu is situated north-east of the mountain Achachi Qala.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 6044-III Palca
  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 November 1, 2014. (Chiar Kkollu)
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