Suni Q'awa

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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 / -17.86361; -68.97000
Geography
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Suni Q'awa
Location within Bolivia
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.

Location

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]

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ch'uxña Quta (Pacajes)</span> Mountain in Bolivia

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chinchillani (Bolivia)</span> Mountain in Bolivia

Chinchillani is a mountain in the Andes of Bolivia which reaches a height of approximately 4,840 m (15,880 ft). It is located in the La Paz Department, Pacajes Province, Calacoto Municipality. It is southwest of Suni Q'awa and northwest of Ch'uxña Quta.

Waña Q'awa is a mountain in the Andes of Peru which reaches a height of approximately 4,000 m (13,000 ft). It is located in the Tacna Region, Tacna Province, Palca District. Waña Q'awa lies northeast of the archaeological site of Wila Wilani.

Kimsa Q'awa is a 4,543 m (14,905 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the La Paz Department, Inquisivi Province, Colquiri Municipality, southeast of Colquiri.

Waylla Q'awa Aymara wayllaStipa obtusa, a kind of feather grass, q'awa little river, ditch, crevice, fissure, gap in the earth, "stipa brook" or "stipa ravine", also spelled Huaylla Khaua) is a 4,759-metre-high (15,614 ft) mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the Oruro Department, Challapata Province, Challapata Municipality. The Waylla Q'awa which originates east of the mountain flows along its eastern slope.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Okoruro 5840-III
  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. ↑ "Diccionario Bilingüe, Castellano - Aymara, Para: Tercera Edición". Félix Layme Pairumani. Archived from the original on September 2, 2013. Retrieved November 8, 2014. see: Cauce and Hendidura
  4. ↑ "Diccionario Quechua - Aymara al español". katari.org. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
  5. 1 2 "Calacoto". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved November 8, 2014.


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