Jayu Quta (Ladislao Cabrera)
| Jayu Quta | |
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| Elevation | 3,650 m (11,980 ft)[1] |
| Location | |
  Jayu Quta | |
| Range | Andes |
| Coordinates | 19°27′S 67°25′W / 19.450°S 67.417°WCoordinates: 19°27′S 67°25′W / 19.450°S 67.417°W[1] |
| Geology | |
| Type | Maar |
| Last eruption | Unknown[1] |
Jayu Quta (Aymara jayu salt, quta lake,[2] "salt lake", also spelled Jayo Khota, Jayu Khota, Jayu Kkota) is a maar partially filled with water, in the Bolivian Altiplano, north of the Salar de Uyuni and east of the Salar de Coipasa. It is situated in the Oruro Department, Ladislao Cabrera Province, Salinas de Garci Mendoza Municipality, Villa Esperanza Canton. It was originally misidentified as a meteorite impact crater.
A smaller maar, named Ñiq'i Quta ("mud lake", Nekhe Khota, Nekhe Kkota), is located southwest of Jayu Quta.
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Laguna Jayu Khota". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2012-04-29.
- ↑ 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)
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