Wallatani Lake
| Wallatani | |
|---|---|
| Location | Bolivia, La Paz Department, Inquisivi Province, Quime Municipality |
| Coordinates | 17°1′S 67°21′W / 17.017°S 67.350°W |
| Type | Mountain lake |
| Surface elevation | 4,939 m (16,204 ft)[1] |
Wallatani (Aymara wallata snow ball, snow lump / Andean goose,[2][3] -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with a snow ball", "the one with a snow lump" or "the one with the Andean goose", hispanicized spelling Huallatani) is a lake in the Bolivian Andes situated in the southern section of the Cordillera Kimsa Cruz. It is situated 4,939 m high at the foot of the mountains Wallatani[4] and San Luis (5,620 m), near Jach'a Khunu Qullu and Wayna Khunu Qullu[5] in the La Paz Department, Inquisivi Province, Quime Municipality.[6]
It is the highest body of water on which anyone has ever sailed, after Peter Williams, Brian Barrett, Gordon Siddeley and Keith Robinson did so on November 19th 1977. [7]
See also
References
- ^ mapcarta.com
- ^ 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)
- ^ Bolivia - Highlands Naturetrek Tour Report 21-30 November 2005: Andean Goose Chloephaga melanoptera: [...] known in Quechua and Aymará as wallata.
- ^ IGM map 1:50,000 6142-IV 'Yaco'
- ^ Echevarría, Evelio, Cordillera Quimsa Cruz, Bolivia, Alpine Journal (2006), see map, p. 153
- ^ Quime Municipality: population data and map
- ^ [1]