Phaq'u Q'awa (Sajama)

This article is about the mountain in the Sajama Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia. For other uses, see Phaq'u Q'awa (disambiguation).
Phaq'u Q'awa

Satellite image showing the Paya Chata mountains and Phaq'u Q'awa northeast of them (upper right corner below the smaller lake, with north to the top right corner)
Highest point
Elevation 5,380 m (17,650 ft) [1]
Coordinates 18°05′30″S 69°04′08″W / 18.09167°S 69.06889°W / -18.09167; -69.06889Coordinates: 18°05′30″S 69°04′08″W / 18.09167°S 69.06889°W / -18.09167; -69.06889
Geography
Phaq'u Q'awa

Location in Bolivia

Location Bolivia
Parent range Andes, Cordillera Occidental

Phaq'u Q'awa (Aymara phaq'u, paqu, p'aqu light brown, reddish, blond, dark chestnut, q'awa little river, ditch, crevice, fissure, gap in the earth,[2][3] "brown brook" or "brown ravine", also spelled Paco Khaua, Pacokhaua) is a mountain Cordillera Occidental in the Andes of Bolivia, about 5,380 metres (17,651 ft) high. It is situated in the Oruro Department, Sajama Province, in the west of the Curahuara de Carangas Municipality, northwest of the extinct Sajama volcano. It lies south of Qullqi Warani.

The river Junt'uma K'uchu (Aymara junt'u warm, hot, uma water, k'uchu corner, "warm water corner", Junthuma Khuchu) originates north of Phaq'u Q'awa. It flows to the southeast as a right affluent of the Sajama River.[1][4]


References

  1. 1 2 Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Nevados Payachata Hoja 5739-I
  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. ↑ "Diccionario Bilingüe, Castellano - Aymara, Para: Tercera Edición". Félix Layme Pairumani. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Curahuara de Carangas". Retrieved September 15, 2014.


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