Waqrayuq

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Waqrayuq
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Waqrayuq
Location in Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation 5,362 m (17,592 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 21°50′00″S66°36′43″W / 21.83333°S 66.61194°W / -21.83333; -66.61194 Coordinates: 21°50′00″S66°36′43″W / 21.83333°S 66.61194°W / -21.83333; -66.61194  
Geography
Location Bolivia, Potosí Department, Sud Lípez Province
Parent range Andes

Waqrayuq (Quechua waqra horn, -yuq a suffix to indicate ownership, [2] "the one with a horn", Hispanicized spelling Huajrayoj) is a 5,362-metre-high (17,592 ft) mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is situated in the Potosí Department, Sud Lípez Province, in the north of the Esmoruco Municipality. Waqrayuq lies south-east of the mountain P'aqu Urqu and north-west of the mountain Muruq'u. [1] [3]

In linguistics, a suffix is an affix which is placed after the stem of a word. Common examples are case ending, which indicate the grammatical cased of nouns or adjectives, and verb endings, which form the conjugation of verbs.

Andes mountain range running along the tu mamide of South America

The Andes or Andean Mountains are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. This range is about 7,000 km (4,300 mi) long, about 200 to 700 km wide, and of an average height of about 4,000 m (13,000 ft). The Andes extend from north to south through seven South American countries: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina.

Bolivia country in South America

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Sanawrya mountain in Bolivia

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References

  1. 1 2 BIGM map 1:50,000 San Pablo de Lípez 6228-I
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ "San Antonio de Esmoruco". ine.gob.bo. Retrieved September 6, 2014. (unnamed)
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