Ch'alla Willk'i
Highest point
Elevation4,940 m (16,210 ft)[1]
Coordinates16°11′03″S 68°10′21″W / 16.18417°S 68.17250°W / -16.18417; -68.17250
Geography
LocationBolivia
La Paz Department
Parent rangeAndes

Ch'alla Willk'i (Aymara ch'alla sand, willk'i gap,[2] "sand gap", also spelled Challa Willkhi, Challo Willi)[1][3] is a mountain in the Bolivian Andes, about 4,940 m (16,210 ft) high. It is situated in the La Paz Department, Murillo Province, La Paz Municipality, east of the main range of the Cordillera Real. Ch'alla Willk'i lies between Kunturiri in the southwest and Llust'a in the northeast, and northwest of Turini. A little river named Ch'iyar Jawira ("black river", Chias Jahuira) originates near the mountain. It flows to the northeast.[1][4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 5945-II sheet Milluni
  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. Bolivian IGM map 1:100,000 La Paz (Norte) 3238-I
  4. "La Paz". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on November 2, 2014. Retrieved November 18, 2014. (unnamed)


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