Llamp'u
| Llamp'u | |
|---|---|
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 5,519 m (18,107 ft) [1] |
| Coordinates | 16°12′05″S 68°05′36″W / 16.20139°S 68.09333°WCoordinates: 16°12′05″S 68°05′36″W / 16.20139°S 68.09333°W |
| Geography | |
| Location |
Bolivia La Paz Department, Murillo Province |
| Parent range | Andes, Cordillera Real |
Llamp'u (Aymara for soft, fine-grained,[2] hispanicized spelling Llampu, also named 'Illampu') is a 5,519 metres (18,107 ft) high mountain in the Cordillera Real in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the La Paz Department, Murillo Province, La Paz Municipality, north of the mountain Tilata. A lake named Warawarani lies at its feet, south of it.
Llamp'u is also the name of the river which originates south of Tilata near the lake Chaku Quta (Chaco Kkota). It flows to the north-east.[1][3]
References
- 1 2 IGM map 1:50,000 5945-II sheet Milluni
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ "La Paz". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved September 26, 2014. (named 'Illampu')
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