Qalsata

For the mountain in the Sud Yungas Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia, see Qalsata (Sud Yungas).
Qalsata

Q'asiri, Qalsata and Ch'iyar Juqhu as seen from Chuwa (near Lake Titicaca)
Elevation 5,874 m (19,272 ft)[1]
Location
Qalsata

Bolivia

Location Bolivia
La Paz Department, Larecaja Province, Sorata Municipality
Range Andes, Cordillera Real
Coordinates 15°55′57″S 68°26′16″W / 15.93250°S 68.43778°WCoordinates: 15°55′57″S 68°26′16″W / 15.93250°S 68.43778°W[2]
Climbing
First ascent 1-1962 via N.W. face,[1]

Qalsata (Aymara qalsa stones,[3]-ta a suffix, the hispanicized spelling is the misleading word Calzada)[4] is a mountain in the Andes, about 5,874 m (19,272 ft) high, located in the Cordillera Real of Bolivia. It lies in the La Paz Department, Larecaja Province, on the border of the Sorata Municipality and the Guanay Municipality. It is situated south-east of Janq'u Uma, between the mountain Q'asiri in the north-west and Ch'iyar Juqhu in the south-east, and east of San Francisco Lake.[5]

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Jill Neate, Mountaineering in the Andes". rgs.org.
  2. ↑ wikimapia.org "Nevado Calzada "
  3. ↑ Thomas A. Sebeok, Materials for an Aymara Dictionary, Journal de la Société des Américanistes, 1951, p. 133
  4. ↑ babylon.com Calzada (Spanish) - roadway; road; pavement; wearing shoes; equipped with shoes
  5. ↑ huayna-potosi.com Map of the Illampu massif and surroundings (north is upper left) showing Qalsata ("Cerro Calzada") on the right