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Silla Q'asa (Potosí)

Coordinates: 19°41′18″S 65°57′42″W / 19.68833°S 65.96167°W / -19.68833; -65.96167
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Silla Q'asa
Silla Q'asa is located in Bolivia
Silla Q'asa
Silla Q'asa
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation4,662 m (15,295 ft)[1]
Coordinates19°41′18″S 65°57′42″W / 19.68833°S 65.96167°W / -19.68833; -65.96167
Geography
LocationBolivia,
Potosí Department
Parent rangeAndes

Silla Q'asa (Quechua silla gravel, q'asa mountain pass,[2] "gravel pass", also spelled Silla Khasa) is a 4,662-metre-high (15,295 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the Potosí Department, Antonio Quijarro Province, Porco Municipality.[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Porco 6434-IV
  2. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  3. ^ "Porco". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved May 1, 2016.