Qucha Quchayuq Urqu

Qucha Quchayuq Urqu
Qucha Quchayuq Urqu
Location in Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation 4,304 m (14,121 ft) [1]B
Coordinates 17°32′54″S 65°31′33″W / 17.54833°S 65.52583°W / -17.54833; -65.52583Coordinates: 17°32′54″S 65°31′33″W / 17.54833°S 65.52583°W / -17.54833; -65.52583 
Geography
Location Bolivia,
Cochabamba Department, Carrasco Province
Parent range Andes

Qucha Quchayuq Urqu (Quechua qucha lake, the reduplication indicates that there is a group or a complex of something, -yuq a suffix, urqu mountain,[2] "a mountain with many lakes", also spelled Khocha Khochayoj Orkho) is a 4,304-metre-high (14,121 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the Cochabamba Department, the Carrasco Province, Pocona Municipality, near the border with the Arani Province, Vacas Municipality. Qucha Quchayuq Urqu lies on a ridge east of Vacas, southwest of Rumi Rumiyuq.[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Vacas 6441-II
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ "Pocona". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved October 11, 2014. (unnamed)


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