Ch'uxña Quta (Pacajes)

This article is about the mountain in the Pacajes Province La Paz Department, Bolivia. For other uses, see Ch'uxña Quta.
Ch'uxña Quta

Ch'uxña Quta is visible in the upper part of this satellite image (center, right). Sajama volcano is shown in the lower center.
Highest point
Elevation 4,952 m (16,247 ft) [1]
Coordinates 17°52′39″S 68°58′23″W / 17.87750°S 68.97306°W / -17.87750; -68.97306Coordinates: 17°52′39″S 68°58′23″W / 17.87750°S 68.97306°W / -17.87750; -68.97306
Geography
Ch'uxña Quta

Location within Bolivia

Location Bolivia,
La Paz Department, Pacajes Province
Parent range Andes

Ch'uxña Quta (Aymara ch'uxña green, quta lake[2] "green lake", also spelled Chojña Kkota) is a 4,952-metre-high (16,247 ft) mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is situated in the La Paz Department, Pacajes Province, Calacoto Municipality, north-west of the extinct Sajama volcano. It lies south-west of the mountain Suni Q'awa.[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Okoruro 5840-III
  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. ↑ "Calacoto". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved November 9, 2014.


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