Qala Phusa (Larecaja)

For the mountain in the Franz Tamayo Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia, see Qala Phusa.
Qala Phusa
Qala Phusa

Location within Bolivia

Highest point
Elevation 4,884 m (16,024 ft)[1]
Coordinates 15°45′43″S 68°33′44″W / 15.76194°S 68.56222°W / -15.76194; -68.56222Coordinates: 15°45′43″S 68°33′44″W / 15.76194°S 68.56222°W / -15.76194; -68.56222
Geography
Location Bolivia,
La Paz Department, Larecaja Province
Parent range Andes

Qala Phusa (Aymara qala stone, phusa siku,[2][3] "stone siku", also spelled Calapusa) is a 4,884-metre (16,024 ft) high mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is situated in the La Paz Department, Larecaja Province, Sorata Municipality. Qala Phusa lies north of the Janq'u Uma-Illampu massif of the Cordillera Real, northwest of the mountain Wila Quta and southeast of Llawi Imaña.[4][5]

References

  1. Cordillera Real Nord (Illampu) - Bolivien - 1:50 000 Deutscher Alpenverein 1987
  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. Teodoro Marka M., Nociones Basicas de Lengua Aymara
  4. Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Sorata 5846-I
  5. "Sorata". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved December 5, 2014.


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