Laram Quta (Sud Yungas)

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Laram Quta (Sud Yungas)
Location Bolivia,
La Paz Department, Sud Yungas Province
Coordinates 16°33′20″S67°49′10″W / 16.55556°S 67.81944°W / -16.55556; -67.81944 Coordinates: 16°33′20″S67°49′10″W / 16.55556°S 67.81944°W / -16.55556; -67.81944
Laram Quta (Sud Yungas)

Laram Quta (Aymara larama blue, quta lake, [1] "blue lake", also spelled Laram Kkota) is a lake in the Cordillera Real in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the La Paz Department, Sud Yungas Province, Irupana Municipality. It lies south of the mountain Mururata. Laram Quta is situated south-west of the lakes Artisa Pata (Arteza Pata) and Artisa Quta (Arteza Kkota). The lakes north-west of it are named Qillwa Quta ("gull lake", Kellhua Kkota) and Ch'iyar Quta ("black lake", Chiar Kkota) which is the small one next to Laram Quta. [2] [3]

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Laram Quta (El Alto)

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Laram Quta (La Paz)

Laram Quta is a lake in the Cordillera Real in the Andes of Bolivia. It is situated in the La Paz Department, Pedro Domingo Murillo Province, La Paz Municipality, La Paz Canton. It lies south-west of the lake Pata Larama. The wetlands of this area are also known as Pampa Larama (Pampalarama, Pamparalama). This is where the Qaluyu River (Kaluyo) originates which downstream is called Achachi Qala and Choqueyapu River.

Jach'a Quta is a lake in Bolivia located in the La Paz Department, Sud Yungas Province, Yanacachi Municipality, north-west of the mountain Mururata. It lies south-east of the mountain Wanakuni and the lakes Warawarani and Jisk'a Warawarani at the mountain Thakis Uma. One of the smaller lakes near Jach'a Quta is named Jisk'a Quta. It is situated north-east of Jach'a Quta.

Allqa Quta is a lake in the Cordillera Real of Bolivia. It is located in the La Paz Department, Los Andes Province, Pucarani Municipality. Allqa Quta lies northwest of the main peak of the Kunturiri massif. It is south of a mountain named Nasa Q'ara, north of Wawanaki and northeast of Ch'iyar K'ark'a and another mountain named Nasa Q'ara.

Quña Quñani is a 5,006-metre-high (16,424 ft) mountain in the north of the Cordillera Real in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the La Paz Department, Larecaja Province, Sorata Municipality. Quña Quñani lies south of the Janq'u Uma-Illampu massif between the lakes Laram Quta in the northwest and Warawarani (Huara Huarani) and Jisk'a Warawarani (Jiskha Huara Huarani) in the east and southeast. It is situated north and northwest of the mountains Salluyu (Salluyo) and Janq'u K'ark'a.

References

  1. 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)
  2. Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Milluni 6044-III
  3. "Irupana". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on March 26, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2014. (unnamed)