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Ch'uxña Quta (Pacajes)

Coordinates: 17°52′39″S 68°58′23″W / 17.87750°S 68.97306°W / -17.87750; -68.97306
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Ch'uxña Quta
Ch'uxña Quta is visible in the upper part of this satellite image (center, right). Sajama volcano is shown in the lower center.
Highest point
Elevation4,952 m (16,247 ft)[1]
Coordinates17°52′39″S 68°58′23″W / 17.87750°S 68.97306°W / -17.87750; -68.97306
Geography
Ch'uxña Quta is located in Bolivia
Ch'uxña Quta
Ch'uxña Quta
Location within Bolivia
LocationBolivia,
La Paz Department, Pacajes Province
Parent rangeAndes

Ch'uxña Quta (Aymara ch'uxña green, quta lake[2] "green lake", also spelled Chojña Kkota) is a 4,952-metre-high (16,247 ft) mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is situated in the La Paz Department, Pacajes Province, Calacoto Municipality, north-west of the extinct Sajama volcano. It lies south-west of the mountain Suni Q'awa.[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Okoruro 5840-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. ^ "Calacoto". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on November 8, 2014. Retrieved November 9, 2014.