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Ch'iyar Qullu (Palca)

Coordinates: 16°30′16″S 67°58′30″W / 16.50444°S 67.97500°W / -16.50444; -67.97500
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Ch'iyar Qullu
Highest point
Elevation4,688 m (15,381 ft)[1]
Coordinates16°30′16″S 67°58′30″W / 16.50444°S 67.97500°W / -16.50444; -67.97500
Geography
LocationBolivia
La Paz Department
Parent rangeAndes

Ch'iyar Qullu (Aymara ch'iyara black, qullu mountain,[2] "black mountain", also spelled Chiar Kkollu) is a 4,688-metre-high (15,381 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It lies in the La Paz Department, Murillo Province, Palca Municipality. Ch'iyar Qullu is situated north-east of the mountain Achachi Qala.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 6044-III Palca
  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. ^ "Palca". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on August 26, 2014. Retrieved November 1, 2014. (Chiar Kkollu)