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Inka Q'asa

Coordinates: 16°52′25″S 66°44′13″W / 16.87361°S 66.73694°W / -16.87361; -66.73694
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Inka Q'asa
Inka Q'asa is located in Bolivia
Inka Q'asa
Inka Q'asa
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation4,160 m (13,650 ft)[1]
Coordinates16°52′25″S 66°44′13″W / 16.87361°S 66.73694°W / -16.87361; -66.73694
Geography
LocationBolivia,
Cochabamba Department
Parent rangeAndes

Inka Q'asa (Quechua inka Inca q'asa mountain pass,[2] "Inca pass", also spelled Inca Khasa) is a mountain in the Bolivian Andes which reaches a height of approximately 4,160 m (13,650 ft). It is located in the Cochabamba Department, Ayopaya Province, Morochata Municipality. The Ch'uya Mayu ("crystal-clear river") originates west of the mountain. It flows to the west as a left tributary of the Río Negro (Spanish for "black river").[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bolivia 1:100,000 Comunidad Chorito 3537, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
  2. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  3. ^ "Morochata". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on April 8, 2016. Retrieved April 17, 2016. (including Cocapata Municipality)