Ch'uxña Quta (Pacajes)

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]

This article is about the mountain in the Pacajes Province La Paz Department, Bolivia. For other uses, see Ch'uxña Quta.
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 
Geography
Ch'uxña Quta
Location within Bolivia
LocationBolivia,
La Paz Department, Pacajes Province
Parent rangeAndes

References
  1. 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.


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