Qullqi Warani (Aymara qullqi silver,[1] also spelled Kollke Huarani) is a mountain in the Oruro Department in Bolivia at the border with Chile, north-west of the extinct Sajama volcano. It is situated in the Sajama Province, in the west of the Curahuara de Carangas Municipality. According to the Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 'Nevados Payachata Hoja 5739-I' it lies entirely on Bolivian terrain. Qullqi Warani lies south-west of the mountains Jisk'a Kunturiri and Patilla Pata, north of Phaq'u Q'awa and south-east of Kunturiri. The little lakes Q'asiri Quta (Khasiri Kkota) and Sura Pata (Sora Pata, Sorapata) lie at its feet, east and north of it.
| Qullqi Warani | |
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 Satellite image showing the Paya Chata mountains and Qullqi Warani north-east of them (upper right corner east of the small lake Sura Pata, with north to the top right corner) | |
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| Coordinates | 18°04′12″S 69°04′05″W / 18.07000°S 69.06806°W |
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| Location | Bolivia |
| Parent range | Andes |
The river Junt'uma K'uchu (Aymara junt'u warm, hot, uma water, k'uchu corner, "warm water corner", Junthuma Khuchu) originates south of Qullqi Warani. It flows to the south-east as a right affluent of the Sajama River.[2][3]
References
edit- ^ 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)
- ^ BIGM map 1:50,000 Nevados Payachata Hoja 5739-I
- ^ "Curahuara de Carangas". Archived from the original on November 11, 2014. Retrieved September 15, 2014. (unnamed, south-west of Chiar Kkota)