Jaruma
Satellite image of the Uyuni salt flat (center) and Jaruma (lower left)
Highest point
Elevation4,863 m (15,955 ft)[1]
Coordinates20°23′51″S 68°23′47″W / 20.39750°S 68.39639°W / -20.39750; -68.39639
Geography
Jaruma is located in Bolivia
Jaruma
Jaruma
Location in Bolivia
LocationBolivia,
Potosí Department
Parent rangeAndes

Jaruma (Aymara jaru bitter, uma water,[2] "bitter water") is a 4,863-metre-high (15,955 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the Potosí Department, Daniel Campos Province, Llica Municipality. Jaruma lies between the Uyuni salt flat in the east and the Napa salt flat in the west. The highest neighboring mountains are Mancha in the south-east and Thuwa in the south. The smaller mountain at the south-western slope of Jaruma is named Wiraqucha Qullu (Huirajocha Kkollu).[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 Bolivian IGM map 1:250,000 Estancia Sinalaco 5932-IV
  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. ↑ "Llica". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on October 14, 2014. Retrieved October 10, 2014.


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