Ch'iyara Salla

Ch'iyara Salla
Ch'iyara Salla

Location within Bolivia

Highest point
Elevation 5,000 m (16,000 ft)[1]
Coordinates 17°47′21″S 69°09′13″W / 17.78917°S 69.15361°W / -17.78917; -69.15361Coordinates: 17°47′21″S 69°09′13″W / 17.78917°S 69.15361°W / -17.78917; -69.15361
Geography
Location Bolivia,
La Paz Department, Pacajes Province
Parent range Andes

Ch'iyara Salla (Aymara ch'iyara black, salla rocks, cliffs,[2] "black cliff", also spelled Chiarasalla) is a 5,000-metre (16,404 ft) high mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is situated in the La Paz Department, Pacajes Province, Charaña Municipality. It lies south-west of the mountain Kunturiri and west of K'illima Parki.[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Canasita 5740-I
  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. "Charaña". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved November 9, 2014.


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