Waña Quta (Potosí)

This article is about the mountain in the Potosí Department, Bolivia. For other uses, see Waña Quta.
Waña Quta
Waña Quta

Location within Bolivia

Highest point
Elevation 4,652 m (15,262 ft) [1]
Coordinates 19°53′24″S 65°57′47″W / 19.89000°S 65.96306°W / -19.89000; -65.96306Coordinates: 19°53′24″S 65°57′47″W / 19.89000°S 65.96306°W / -19.89000; -65.96306
Geography
Location Bolivia,
Potosí Department
Parent range Andes

Waña Quta (Aymara waña dry, quta lake,[2] "dry lake", also spelled Huayña Khota) is a 4,652-metre-high (15,262 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the Potosí Department, Antonio Quijarro Province, Porco Municipality. It lies northeast of the village of Qhilla Qhilla (Kella Kella, Khella Khella).[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Estancia Kollpa 6434-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. ↑ "Porco". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved April 28, 2016.


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