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Ch'api Qullu

Coordinates: 20°06′S 68°14′W / 20.100°S 68.233°W / -20.100; -68.233
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Ch'api Qullu
Ch'api Qullu is located in Bolivia
Ch'api Qullu
Ch'api Qullu
Location in Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation3,917 m (12,851 ft)[1]
Prominence350 m (1,150 ft)
Coordinates20°06′S 68°14′W / 20.100°S 68.233°W / -20.100; -68.233[2]
Geography
LocationBolivia,
Potosí Department, Daniel Campos Province, Llica Municipality
Parent rangeAndes, Cordillera Occidental

Ch'api Qullu (Aymara ch'api thorn, qullu mountain,[3]"thorn mountain", hispanicized spelling Chapi Kkollu) is a mountain in the Bolivian Cordillera Occidental situated on the western shore of the Uyuni salt pan. It is approximately 3,917 m high reaching a prominence of about 350 m. The mountain is located near the village of Canquella in the Potosí Department, Daniel Campos Province, Llica Municipality.[4]

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  1. ^ mapcarta.com
  2. ^ getamap.net
  3. ^ 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)
  4. ^ Llica Municipality: Population data and map Archived 2014-10-14 at the Wayback Machine