Ch'aki Qucha

Ch'aki Qucha
Ch'aki Qucha

Location in Bolivia

Elevation 4,628 m (15,184 ft)[1]
Location
Location Bolivia,
Potosí Department, José María Linares Province
Range Andes, Potosí mountain range
Coordinates 19°44′08″S 65°35′30″W / 19.73556°S 65.59167°WCoordinates: 19°44′08″S 65°35′30″W / 19.73556°S 65.59167°W

Ch'aki Qucha (Quechua ch'aki dry, qucha lake,[2] "dry lake", also spelled Chaqui Khocha) is a 4,628-metre (15,184 ft) high mountain in the Potosí mountain range in the Bolivian Andes at a lake of the same name. It is located in the Potosí Department, José María Linares Province, in the west of the Puna Municipality. Ch'aki Qucha lies south of the mountain Kuntur Ikiña, north-east of the mountain Kunturiri and the lake T'ala Qucha and south-east of the mountain Jatun Kunturiri.[1][3][4]

The lake named Ch'aki Qucha is situated north-west of the mountain at 19°43′52″S 65°36′20″W / 19.73111°S 65.60556°W.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Puna 6434-I
  2. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. "South America Maps". Joint Operations Graphic. Retrieved October 6, 2014.
  4. "Puna". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved October 6, 2014. (unnamed)