Suni Q'awa | |
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![]() Suni Q'awa is visible in the upper part of this satellite image (center, right). Sajama volcano is shown in the lower center. | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 5,018 m (16,463 ft) [1] |
Coordinates | 17°51′49″S68°58′12″W / 17.86361°S 68.97000°W |
Geography | |
Location | Bolivia, La Paz Department, Pacajes Province |
Parent range | Andes |
Suni Q'awa (Aymara suni unpopulated, deserted, q'awa little river, ditch, crevice, fissure, gap in the earth, riverbed, [2] [3] "unpopulated brook" or "unpopulated ravine", also spelled Soni Khaua) [1] or Sani Q'awa (Aymara sani a variety of potatoes, [4] "sani brook" or "sani ravine", also spelled Sani Khaua) [5] is a 5,018-metre-high (16,463 ft) mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the La Paz Department, Pacajes Province, in the south-west of the Calacoto Municipality. The mountain lies north-west of the Anallajsi volcano and north-east of the mountains Ch'uxña Quta and Chinchillani. [1] [5]