Waña Quta (Potosí)

Coordinates: 19°53′24″S 65°57′47″W / 19.89000°S 65.96306°W / -19.89000; -65.96306
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Waña Quta
Waña Quta is located in Bolivia
Waña Quta
Waña Quta
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation4,652 m (15,262 ft)[1]
Coordinates19°53′24″S 65°57′47″W / 19.89000°S 65.96306°W / -19.89000; -65.96306
Geography
LocationBolivia,
Potosí Department
Parent rangeAndes

Waña Quta (Aymara waña dry, quta lake,[2] "dry lake", also spelled Huayña Khota) is a 4,652-metre-high (15,262 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the Potosí Department, Antonio Quijarro Province, Porco Municipality. It lies northeast of the village of Qhilla Qhilla (Kella Kella, Khella Khella).[1][3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Estancia Kollpa 6434-III
  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. ^ "Porco". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved April 28, 2016.