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Yana Urqu (Chayanta)

Coordinates: 18°46′39″S 65°36′16″W / 18.77750°S 65.60444°W / -18.77750; -65.60444
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Yana Urqu
Yana Urqu is located in Bolivia
Yana Urqu
Yana Urqu
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation3,902 m (12,802 ft)[1]
Coordinates18°46′39″S 65°36′16″W / 18.77750°S 65.60444°W / -18.77750; -65.60444
Geography
LocationBolivia,
Potosí Department
Parent rangeAndes

Yana Urqu (Quechua yana black, urqu mountain,[2] "black mountain", also spelled Yana Orkho) is a 3,902-metre-high (12,802 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the Potosí Department, Chayanta Province, Ravelo Municipality.[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bolivia IGM map 1:50,000 Ravelo 6437-I
  2. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  3. ^ "Ravelo". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved April 17, 2016.