Ch'alla Qullu (Bolivia-Chile)

Ch'alla Qullu
Ch'alla Qullu is located in Bolivia
Ch'alla Qullu
Ch'alla Qullu
Location in Bolivia, on the border with Chile
Highest point
Elevation4,345 m (14,255 ft)
Coordinates20°3′S 68°40′W / 20.050°S 68.667°W / -20.050; -68.667[1]
Geography
LocationBolivia, Potosí Department
Chile, Tarapacá Region
Parent rangeAndes, Cordillera Occidental

Ch'alla Qullu (Aymara ch'alla sand, also an Aymara rite or custom, qullu mountain,[2][3] "sand mountain" or "ch'alla mountain", Hispanicized spellings Challacollo, Challa Kkollu) is a mountain in the Andes located on the border of Bolivia and Chile in the Cordillera Occidental. It is about 4,345 metres (14,255 ft) high. Ch'alla Qullu lies north-east of the Salar de Huasco in the Tarapacá Region of Chile and the mountain Piqa, on the border and west of the Salar de Uyuni and Canquella in Bolivia. On the Bolivian side it is situated in the Potosí Department, Daniel Campos Province, Llica Municipality, Canquella Canton.[4][5]

See also

References

  1. ^ getamap.net "Cerro Challa Kkollu (Cerro Challacollo)", retrieved on December 22, 2012
  2. ^ www.katari.org Aymara-Spanish dictionary
  3. ^ www.bolivianexpress.org Archived July 12, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ upload.wikimedia.org
  5. ^ Llica Municipality: Archived 2014-10-14 at the Wayback Machine population data and map


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