Chhuxlla Willk'i

Chhuxlla Willk'i
Chhuxlla Willk'i
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation 4,664 m (15,302 ft) [1]
Coordinates 16°43′08″S 68°42′08″W / 16.71889°S 68.70222°W / -16.71889; -68.70222Coordinates: 16°43′08″S 68°42′08″W / 16.71889°S 68.70222°W / -16.71889; -68.70222 
Geography
Location Bolivia
La Paz Department
Parent range Andes, Chilla-Kimsa Chata

Chhuxlla Willk'i (Aymara chhuxlla grass, weed, pasture or a kind of barley, willk'i gap,[2] "pasture gap" or "barley gap", also spelled Chojlla Willkhi) is a 4,664-metre-high (15,302 ft) mountain in the Chilla-Kimsa Chata mountain range in the Andes of Bolivia. It lies in the La Paz Department, Ingavi Province, Jesús de Machaca Municipality. Chhuxlla Willk'i is situated south-east of the 4,737-metre-high (15,541 ft) mountain named Qala Cruz (Khala Cruz) and Ch'alla Qullu ("sand mountain", Challa Kkollu), and north-east of a 4,522-metre-high (14,836 ft) mountain which is also called Qala Cruz.[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 IGM map 1:50,000 5843-I Sacacani
  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. ↑ "Jesús de Machaca". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on February 4, 2016. Retrieved October 25, 2014. (unnamed)
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