Ch'iyar Quta (La Paz)

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Ch'iyar Quta
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Ch'iyar Quta is located in Bolivia
Ch'iyar Quta
Ch'iyar Quta
LocationBolivia,
La Paz Department, Los Andes Province
Coordinates16°11′42″S 68°14′38″W / 16.19500°S 68.24389°W / -16.19500; -68.24389Coordinates: 16°11′42″S 68°14′38″W / 16.19500°S 68.24389°W / -16.19500; -68.24389[1]
Surface elevation4,700 m (15,400 ft)

Ch'iyar Quta (Aymara ch'iyara black, quta lake,[2] "black lake", hispanicized spellings Chiar Khota, Chiar Kkota, Chiar Quota) is a lake in the Cordillera Real of Bolivia situated in the La Paz Department, Los Andes Province, Pucarani Municipality, Huayna Potosí Canton. It is situated at a height of about 4,700  metres (15,400 ft)[3] near the peaks of Kunturiri and east of the lake Juri Quta.

References[]

  1. ^ wikimapia.org
  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. ^ summitpost.org

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