Janq'u Qullu (Potosí)

For the mountain in the La Paz Department, Bolivia, see Janq'u Qullu. For the mountain in the Oruro Department, Bolivia, see Janq'u Qullu (Oruro).
Janq'u Qullu
Janq'u Qullu

Location in Bolivia

Elevation 5,120 m (16,800 ft)[1]
Location
Location Bolivia,
Potosí Department
Range Andes
Coordinates 19°26′04″S 66°26′20″W / 19.43444°S 66.43889°WCoordinates: 19°26′04″S 66°26′20″W / 19.43444°S 66.43889°W

Janq'u Qullu (Aymara janq'u white, qullu mountain,[2] "white mountain", also spelled Jankho Kkollu) is a mountain in the Andes of Bolivia, about 5,120 metres (16,798 ft) high. It is situated in the Potosí Department, Antonio Quijarro Province, in the east of the Uyuni Municipality. Janq'u Qullu lies south of the mountain Warachi Qullu. The river Ch'iyar Juqhu Q'awa (Chiar Jokho Khaua) which later is named Juqhu Jawira (Jokho Jahuiri), Jalsullani and Chiqapa (Chicapa) originates north of the mountain. Its waters flow to Qullpa Jawira in the north-east.[1][3][4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 BIGM map 1:50,000 6335-IV Laguna Wara Wara
  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. ↑ Bolivian IGM map Estancia Belen6336-III
  4. ↑ "Uyuni". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved October 17, 2014. (unnamed)