Wila Qullu (Bolivia-Chile)

This article is about the mountain in the Llica Municipality, Potosí Department, Bolivia. For other uses, see Wila Qullu.
Wila Qullu
Cerro Laguna

Salar de Huasco, Salar de Huasco National Park, Chile. Wila Qullu (on the left, half visible), Waylla East and Waylla West on the border of Bolivia and Chile
Highest point
Elevation 4,948 m (16,234 ft) [1]
Coordinates 20°20′13″S 68°39′38″W / 20.33694°S 68.66056°W / -20.33694; -68.66056Coordinates: 20°20′13″S 68°39′38″W / 20.33694°S 68.66056°W / -20.33694; -68.66056
Geography
Wila Qullu

Location in Bolivia, on the border with Chile

Location Bolivia, Potosí Department
Chile, Tarapacá Region
Parent range Andes, Cordillera Occidental

Wila Qullu (Aymara wila red or blood, qullu mountain,[2] "red mountain", hispanicized spelling Wila Kkollu), also Cerro Laguna (Spanish cerro hill, laguna lake, lagoon), is a 4,948 m (16,234 ft) high mountain in the Andes located on the border of Bolivia and Chile in the Cordillera Occidental. Wila Qullu lies between the Salar de Huasco in the Tarapacá Region of Chile and the Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia. On the Bolivian side it is situated in the Potosí Department, Daniel Campos Province, Llica Municipality, Canquella Canton, north of the village of Pampa Anta.

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References

  1. ↑ upload.wikimedia.org
  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)


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