Qalsata

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Qalsata

Q'asiri, Qalsata and Ch'iyar Juqhu as seen from Chuwa (near Lake Titicaca)
Elevation 5,874 m (19,272 ft)[1]
Location
Qalsata
Bolivia
Location Bolivia
La Paz Department, Larecaja Province, Sorata Municipality
Range Andes, Cordillera Real
Coordinates 15°55′57″S 68°26′16″W / 15.93250°S 68.43778°W / -15.93250; -68.43778Coordinates: 15°55′57″S 68°26′16″W / 15.93250°S 68.43778°W / -15.93250; -68.43778[2]
Climbing
First ascent 1-1962 via N.W. face,[1]

Qalsata (Aymara qalsa stones,[3][4]-ta nominal Aymara suffix to indicate the direction (from),[5] "from the stones", the hispanicized spelling is the misleading word Calzada)[6] is a mountain in the Andes, about 5,874 m (19,272 ft) high, located in the Cordillera Real of Bolivia in the La Paz Department, Larecaja Province, on the border of Sorata Municipality and Guanay Municipality. It is situated south east of Janq'u Uma, between Mount Q'asiri in the north west and Ch'iyar Juqhu in the south east, and east of San Francisco Lake.[7]

See also

External links

  • Sorata Municipality: population data and map showing San Francisco Lake ("Laguna San Francisco"). Qalsata is situated east of it.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Jill Neate, Mountaineering in the Andes". rgs.org. 
  2. ↑ wikimapia.org "Nevado Calzada "
  3. ↑ Roger Celso Jahuira Cruz, Participación Comunitaria en la Gestión Educativa, Cochabamba, Bolivia, 2001 (thesis), p. 96: (Aymara) Aduwinaks tariat lurt'apxtxa, qalsa qulluta q'ipt’'anipxta, ñiq'sa ñiq'ichapxta, kamachpxarakixa, ch'allsa karruta apt'ayanipxta. translated into Spanish as Elaboramos adobes por tareas, cargamos piedras desde el cerro, preparamos barro, traemos arena en carro, qué vamos hacer. (Note: qullu means mountain, -ta from, qalsa qulluta stones from the mountain)
  4. ↑ Thomas A. Sebeok, Materials for an Aymara Dictionary, Journal de la Société des Américanistes, 1951, p. 133: q'ala 'stone' ... q'alsa 'stones'
  5. ↑ -ta also appears as a suffix in names of other mountains near Qalsata like: Paqu Kiwuta, Wila Lluxita
  6. ↑ babylon.com Calzada (Spanish) - roadway; road; pavement; wearing shoes; equipped with shoes
  7. ↑ huayna-potosi.com Map of the Illampu massif and surroundings (north is upper left) showing Qalsata ("Cerro Calzada") on the right


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