Phaq'u Quta

Phaq'u Quta
A view of Phaq'u Quta and El Alto in the distance from Chacaltaya refuge
Janq'u Quta (El Alto)
Janq'u Quta (El Alto)
LocationBolivia,
La Paz Department, Pedro Domingo Murillo Province
Coordinates16°22′57″S 68°8′7″W / 16.38250°S 68.13528°W / -16.38250; -68.13528
Surface elevation4,667 m (15,312 ft)

Phaq'u Quta (Aymara phaq'u, paqu, p'aqu light brown, reddish, blond, dark chestnut, quta lake, "chestnut coloured lake") is a lake in Bolivia located in the La Paz Department, Pedro Domingo Murillo Province, El Alto Municipality. It is situated at a height of about 4,667 metres (15,312 ft) south of the mountain Chacaltaya, south-east of Milluni Lake and south-west of Qillwani (Khelluani).

  • Phaq'u Quta (in the background on the right) as seen from the north
  • Phaq'u Quta as seen from the Chacaltaya Astrophysical Observatory

See also

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. ^ aymara.ucb.edu.bo Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine Félix Layme Pairumani, Aymara-Spanish dictionary
  3. ^ Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 La Paz (Norte) 5944-I
  4. ^ "El Alto". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved September 24, 2014. (unnamed)

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