Wila Quta (Oruro)

Wila Quta

Cordillera de los Frailes, looking west. Pari Chata is on the right in the background at the Pillku Mayu valley. Wila Quta lies in the distance (to the right, beside Parichata).
Elevation 5,144 m (16,877 ft)[1]
Location
Wila Quta

Location in Bolivia

Location Bolivia, Oruro Department, Challapata Province
Range Andes
Coordinates 19°04′14″S 66°18′18″W / 19.07056°S 66.30500°WCoordinates: 19°04′14″S 66°18′18″W / 19.07056°S 66.30500°W

Wila Quta (Aymara wila blood, blood-red, quta lake,[2][3] "red lake", hispanicized spelling Wila Kkota) is a mountain in the Andes in Bolivia reaching up to 5,144 metres (16,877 ft) above sea level. It is located in the Oruro Department, Challapata Province, in the south-east of the Challapata Municipality. Wila Quta is situated south of the Jach'a River and north of Nacional Route 1. It lies next to the mountain Wila Qullu, northwest of it, which reaches the same height.[1][4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Estancia Calacota 6336-IV
  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. www.katari.org Aymara-Spanish dictionary
  4. "Challapata". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved October 13, 2014. (unnamed)