Ch'iyar Quta (Oruro)

This article is about the lake in the Oruro Department. For other uses, see Ch'iyar Quta (disambiguation).
Ch'iyar Quta
Location Bolivia,
Oruro Department, Sajama Province
Coordinates 18°2′59″S 69°3′03″W / 18.04972°S 69.05083°W / -18.04972; -69.05083Coordinates: 18°2′59″S 69°3′03″W / 18.04972°S 69.05083°W / -18.04972; -69.05083
Surface elevation 5,090 m (16,700 ft)

Ch'iyar Quta (Aymara ch'iyara black, quta lake,[1] "black lake", hispanicized spellings Chiar Kkota[2][3] and erroneously also Chiar Kkola) is a small Bolivian lake located in the Sajama Province of the Oruro Department near the border to Chile. It is situated at a height of about 5,090 meters (16,700 feet) inside the boundaries of the Sajama National Park.[4] Ch'iyar Quta lies south-east of the peaks of Laram Q'awa, Milluni and Kunturiri, south-west of Jisk'a Kunturiri and north of Patilla Pata.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 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)
  2. ↑ Curahuara de Carangas Municipality: population data and map
  3. ↑ upload.wikimedia.org/
  4. ↑ lib.icimod.org Dirk Hoffmann, The Sajama National Park in Bolivia, Mountain Research and Development Vol 27 No 1 February 2007 (see map on p. 12)
  5. ↑ BIGM map 1:50,000 Nevados Payachata Hoja 5739-I


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