Qutapata

For the mountain in the La Paz Municipality, Murillo Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia, see Qutapata (Murillo).
Qutapata
Highest point
Elevation 5,300 m (17,400 ft)[1]
Coordinates 16°32′7″S 67°50′45″W / 16.53528°S 67.84583°W / -16.53528; -67.84583Coordinates: 16°32′7″S 67°50′45″W / 16.53528°S 67.84583°W / -16.53528; -67.84583
Geography
Location Bolivia
La Paz Department
Parent range Andes, Cordillera Real

Qutapata (Aymara quta lake, pata step,[2] also spelled Kkotapata, Kotapata) is a 5,300-metre-high (17,388 ft) mountain in the Cordillera Real in the Bolivian Andes. It is situated in the La Paz Department, Sud Yungas Province, Irupana Municipality, near the border with the Murillo Province, Palca Municipality. Qutapata lies south-west of the mountain Mururata and north-east of the mountain Wila Quta.[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Cordillera Real". huayna-potosi.com. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
  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. "Irupana". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
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