Janq'u Qalani (La Paz)

For the mountain in the Oruro Department, Bolivia, see Janq'u Qalani (Oruro).
Janq'u Qalani
Janq'u Qalani

Bolivia
La Paz Department

Elevation 4,592 m (15,066 ft)[1]
Location
Range Andes, Cordillera Real
Coordinates 16°34′57″S 67°53′4″W / 16.58250°S 67.88444°WCoordinates: 16°34′57″S 67°53′4″W / 16.58250°S 67.88444°W

Janq'u Qalani (Aymara janq'u white, qala stone,[2] -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with a white stone", also spelled Janco Khalani, Jankho Khalani) is a 4,592 metres (15,066 ft) high mountain in the Cordillera Real in the Bolivian Andes. It lies in the La Paz Department, Murillo Province, Palca Municipality. Janq'u Qalani is situated south-west of the mountains Mururata, Qutapata, Churu and Wila Quta.[1][3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Palca 6044-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. ↑ "Palca". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved August 25, 2014. (unnamed)