Ch'iyar Quta (Oruro)

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Ch'iyar Quta (Oruro)
Location Bolivia,
Oruro Department, Sajama Province
Coordinates 18°2′59″S69°3′3″W / 18.04972°S 69.05083°W / -18.04972; -69.05083 Coordinates: 18°2′59″S69°3′3″W / 18.04972°S 69.05083°W / -18.04972; -69.05083
Surface elevation5,090 m (16,700 ft)
Ch'iyar Quta (Oruro)
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Ch'iyar Quta (Aymara ch'iyara black, quta lake, [1] "black lake", hispanicized spellings Chiar Kkota [2] [3] and erroneously also Chiar Kkola) is a small Bolivian lake located in the Sajama Province of the Oruro Department near the border to Chile. It is situated at a height of about 5,090 meters (16,700 feet) inside the boundaries of the Sajama National Park. [4] Ch'iyar Quta lies south-east of the peaks of Laram Q'awa, Milluni and Kunturiri, south-west of Jisk'a Kunturiri and north of Patilla Pata. [5]

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References

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  4. lib.icimod.org Archived 2014-03-09 at the Wayback Machine Dirk Hoffmann, The Sajama National Park in Bolivia, Mountain Research and Development Vol 27 No 1 February 2007 (see map on p. 12)
  5. BIGM map 1:50,000 Nevados Payachata Hoja 5739-I