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Sura Qullu

Coordinates: 16°27′1″S 67°54′16″W / 16.45028°S 67.90444°W / -16.45028; -67.90444
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Sura Qullu
Highest point
Elevation4,752 m (15,591 ft)[1]
Coordinates16°27′1″S 67°54′16″W / 16.45028°S 67.90444°W / -16.45028; -67.90444
Geography
LocationBolivia
La Paz Department
Parent rangeAndes, Cordillera Real

Sura Qullu (Aymara sura dry jiquima, a species of Pachyrhizus, qullu mountain,[2] "sura mountain", also spelled Zorra Khollu, Zorra Kkollu) is a 4,752-metre-high (15,591 ft) mountain in the Cordillera Real in the Bolivian Andes. It is situated in the La Paz Department, Sud Yungas Province, Yanacachi Municipality, north-east of the city of La Paz. Sura Qullu lies between the mountain Jathi Qullu in the north-west and the lake Warawarani in the south-east.[1][3]

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  1. ^ a b "Cordillera Real". huayna-potosi.com. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
  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. ^ "Yanacachi". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved August 25, 2014.