Milluni Lake

Milluni (Aymara millu light brown, reddish, fair-haired, dark chestnut,[2] -ni suffix to indicate ownership, "the one that has got a brown colour") is a lake on the western side of the Cordillera Real of Bolivia located in the La Paz Department, Pedro Domingo Murillo Province, El Alto Municipality, north of El Alto.

Milluni Lake
Milluni Lake and the smaller Milluni Chico with El Alto in the background
Milluni Lake
LocationBolivia,
La Paz Department, Pedro Domingo Murillo Province, El Alto Municipality
Coordinates16°20′S 68°9′W[1]
Surface area2.37 km2 (0.92 sq mi)
Max. depth8.6 m (28 ft)
Surface elevation4,565 m (14,977 ft)

The lake is situated at a height of 4,565 metres (14,977 ft) south of the mountain Wayna Potosí, at the foot of Chacaltaya. It is about 1.83 km long and 1 km at its widest point. The surface is 2.37 km² (0.92 sq mi).[3] At the south side there is a dam.

Milluni Lake is also called Milluni Grande (Spanish for big) in order to distinguish it from a smaller, half moon shaped lake next to it in the north, Milluni Chico (Spanish for small), which is situated at a height of 4,585 m.

  • A group of llamas is grazing at Milluni Lake. Wayna Potosí is in the background.
  • Milluni Chico is the lake in the background

See also

References
  1. mapcarta.com "Laguna Milluni", retrieved on December 14, 2012
  2. aymara.ucb.edu.bo Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine CAFÉ claro. Bermejo, ja. // Pelirrubio, bia. De pelo rubio. // Castaño obscuro. adj. Paqu, p'aqu, chuchi, millu.
  3. Sonia Isela Sacaca Cuellar, "Distribución de bacterias sulfato reductoras en sedimentos de lagunas y turbera de la cuenca Milluni Cordellera Real, La Paz-Bolivia", Tesis para optar al grado de licenciatura en Bioquímica, La Paz, Bolivia, 2009, p. 35


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