Ch'iyar Quta (Loayza)

This article is about the mountain in the Loayza Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia. For other uses, see Ch'iyar Quta (disambiguation).
Ch'iyar Quta
Ch'iyar Quta

Location within Bolivia

Highest point
Elevation 4,280 m (14,040 ft)[1]
Coordinates 17°06′03″S 67°33′39″W / 17.10083°S 67.56083°W / -17.10083; -67.56083Coordinates: 17°06′03″S 67°33′39″W / 17.10083°S 67.56083°W / -17.10083; -67.56083
Geography
Location Bolivia
La Paz Department
Parent range Andes

Ch'iyar Quta (Aymara ch'iyara black, quta lake,[2] "black lake", also spelled Chiar Khota, Chiar Kkota) is a mountain in the Bolivian Andes which reaches a height of approximately 4,280 m (14,040 ft). It is located in the La Paz Department, Loayza Province, Luribay Municipality. Ch'iyar Quta lies between the Ch'uñu Uma River in the north and the Ch'uñu Uma Jawira in the south which both originate southeast of the mountain. They flow to the Luribay River.[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Luribay 6042-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. "Luribay". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
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