Tata Ch'iyar Qullu

This article is about the mountain in the Palca Municipality, Pedro Domingo Murillo Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia. For other uses, see Ch'iyar Qullu.
Tata Ch'iyar Qullu
Tata Ch'iyar Qullu is located in Bolivia
Tata Ch'iyar Qullu
Tata Ch'iyar Qullu
Highest point
Elevation4,800 m (15,700 ft)[1]
Coordinates16°30′08″S 67°56′30″W / 16.50222°S 67.94167°W / -16.50222; -67.94167
Geography
LocationBolivia
La Paz Department
Parent rangeAndes

Tata Ch'iyar Qullu (Aymara tata father, lord, sir, ch'iyara black, qullu mountain,[2] "Father Black Mountain", also spelled Tata Chiar Khollu)[1] or just Ch'iyar Qullu (Charkkollu)[3] is a mountain in the Bolivian Andes, about 4,800 metres (15,748 ft) high. It lies in the La Paz Department, Murillo Province, Palca Municipality. Ch'iyar Qullu is situated near the river Chuqi Quta ("gold lake", Choquekkota), south-west of the lake Ch'uxña Quta and north-west of the village of Chuqi Quta (Choquecota, Choquekhota).[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 6044-IV Chojlla
  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. ^ a b "Palca". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved November 1, 2014. (Charkkollu)


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