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Wayra Wasi

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Coordinates: 19°23′33″S 65°38′45″W / 19.39250°S 65.64583°W / -19.39250; -65.64583
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For the mountain at the border of the Potosí Municipality and the Yocalla Municipality, Tomás Frías Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia, see Wayra Wasi (Potosí-Yocalla).
Wayra Wasi
Wayra Wasi is located in Bolivia
Wayra Wasi
Wayra Wasi
Location in Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation4,416 m (14,488 ft)[1]
Coordinates19°23′33″S 65°38′45″W / 19.39250°S 65.64583°W / -19.39250; -65.64583
Geography
LocationBolivia,
Potosí Department
Parent rangeAndes

Wayra Wasi (Quechua wayra wind, wasi house,[2] "wind house", Hispanicized spelling Huayra Huasi) is a 4,416-metre-high (14,488 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is situated in the Potosí Department, Tomás Frías Province, Potosí Municipality. Wayra Wasi lies west of Jatun Q'asa and the Ch'aki Mayu (Quechua for "dry river", Chaqui Mayu). The river originates southeast of the mountain. It flows to the north.[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Don Diego 6435-I
  2. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  3. ^ "Potosí". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved October 12, 2014. (unnamed)


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