Ch'uxña Quta (Pacajes)

Ch'uxña Quta

Ch'uxña Quta is visible in the upper part of this satellite image (center, right). Sajama volcano is shown in the lower center.
Elevation 4,952 m (16,247 ft)[1]
Location
Ch'uxña Quta

Location within Bolivia

Location Bolivia,
La Paz Department, Pacajes Province
Range Andes
Coordinates 17°52′39″S 68°58′23″W / 17.87750°S 68.97306°WCoordinates: 17°52′39″S 68°58′23″W / 17.87750°S 68.97306°W

Ch'uxña Quta (Aymara ch'uxña green, quta lake[2] "green lake", also spelled Chojña Kkota) is a 4,952-metre (16,247 ft) high mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is situated in the La Paz Department, Pacajes Province, Calacoto Municipality, north-west of the extinct Sajama volcano. It lies south-west of the mountain Suni Q'awa.[1][3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Okoruro 5840-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. "Calacoto". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved November 9, 2014.