Mount Q'umir Qucha (Bolivia)

Q'umir Qucha
Highest point
Elevation 5,020 m (16,470 ft)
Coordinates 19°47′11″S 65°39′59″W / 19.78639°S 65.66639°W / -19.78639; -65.66639Coordinates: 19°47′11″S 65°39′59″W / 19.78639°S 65.66639°W / -19.78639; -65.66639 
Geography
Location Bolivia
Potosí Department
Parent range Andes, Anta Q'awa mountain range

Q'umir Qucha (Quechua q'umir green, qucha lake, "green lake", other spellings Comer Cocha, Khomer Khocha) is a mountain in the Bolivian Andes, about 5,020 m (16,470 ft) high.[1] It is located in the Anta Q'awa mountain range, the southern part of the Potosí mountain range. Q'umir Qucha is situated south-east of Potosí in the Potosí Department, in the north of the José María Linares Province. Q'umir Qucha lies north-west of the mountain Khunurana and the Yana Urqu group and south-west of the mountain Anta Q'awa. The small lake Q'umir Qucha lies at its feet, east of it. The larger lake south of Q'umir Qucha is Santa Catalina.[2]


References

  1. ↑ Evelio Echevarría, Cordillera de Potosí, Bolivia, The Alpine Journal, 1995
  2. ↑ BIGM map 1:50,000 6434-I Puna


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