Juri Quta (Batallas)

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Juri Quta (Batallas)
Location Bolivia,
La Paz Department, Los Andes Province, Batallas Municipality
Coordinates 16°4′30″S68°16′10″W / 16.07500°S 68.26944°W / -16.07500; -68.26944
Surface elevation4,596 m (15,079 ft)
Juri Quta (Batallas)

Juri Quta [1] (Aymara juri mud, muddy water, quta lake, [2] "mud lake" or "dull lake ", hispanicized spellings Juri Kkota, Juri Khota, Juri Kota, Yuri Kkota) is a lake in the Cordillera Real of Bolivia located in the La Paz Department, Los Andes Province, Batallas Municipality, Turquia Canton. It lies north of the Kunturiri massif, south-east of Wila Lluxita and east of Wila Lluxi, at the feet of Mullu Apachita and Jisk'a Turini. [3] Juri Quta is situated at a height of about 4,596 metres (15,079 ft), about 0,5 km (0.31 miles) long and 0,25 km (0.16 miles) at its widest point. The little lake north of Juri Quta is named Ch'uxña Quta ("green lake", Chojña Kkota). [3]

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  1. summitpost.org Map of the area (north is upper left) showing "Juri Quta" situated south east of Wila Lluxita (on the left)
  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. 1 2 Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Lago Khara Kkota 5945-IV