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Ch'iyar Quta (Loayza)

Coordinates: 17°06′03″S 67°33′39″W / 17.10083°S 67.56083°W / -17.10083; -67.56083
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Ch'iyar Quta
Ch'iyar Quta is located in Bolivia
Ch'iyar Quta
Ch'iyar Quta
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation4,280 m (14,040 ft)[1]
Coordinates17°06′03″S 67°33′39″W / 17.10083°S 67.56083°W / -17.10083; -67.56083
Geography
LocationBolivia
La Paz Department
Parent rangeAndes

Ch'iyar Quta (Aymara ch'iyara black, quta lake,[2] "black lake", also spelled Chiar Khota, Chiar Kkota) is a mountain in the Bolivian Andes which reaches a height of approximately 4,280 m (14,040 ft). It is located in the La Paz Department, Loayza Province, Luribay Municipality. Ch'iyar Quta lies between the Ch'uñu Uma River in the north and the Ch'uñu Uma Jawira in the south which both originate southeast of the mountain. They flow to the Luribay River.[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Luribay 6042-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. ^ "Luribay". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on February 15, 2016. Retrieved February 18, 2016.