Suni Q'awa
Suni Q'awa is visible in the upper part of this satellite image (center, right). Sajama volcano is shown in the lower center.
Highest point
Elevation5,018 m (16,463 ft)[1]
Coordinates17°51′49″S 68°58′12″W / 17.86361°S 68.97000°W / -17.86361; -68.97000
Geography
Suni Q'awa is located in Bolivia
Suni Q'awa
Suni Q'awa
Location within Bolivia
LocationBolivia,
La Paz Department, Pacajes Province
Parent rangeAndes

Suni Q'awa (Aymara suni unpopulated, deserted, q'awa little river, ditch, crevice, fissure, gap in the earth, riverbed,[2][3] "unpopulated brook" or "unpopulated ravine", also spelled Soni Khaua)[1] or Sani Q'awa (Aymara sani a variety of potatoes,[4] "sani brook" or "sani ravine", also spelled Sani Khaua)[5] is a 5,018-metre-high (16,463 ft) mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the La Paz Department, Pacajes Province, in the south-west of the Calacoto Municipality. The mountain lies north-west of the Anallajsi volcano and north-east of the mountains Ch'uxña Quta and Chinchillani.[1][5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Okoruro 5840-III
  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. ↑ "Diccionario Bilingüe, Castellano - Aymara, Para: Tercera Edición". Félix Layme Pairumani. Archived from the original on September 2, 2013. Retrieved November 8, 2014. see: Cauce and Hendidura
  4. ↑ "Diccionario Quechua - Aymara al español". katari.org. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
  5. 1 2 "Calacoto". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved November 8, 2014.


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