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Janq'u Qullu (Oruro)

Coordinates: 18°55′56″S 68°48′38″W / 18.93222°S 68.81056°W / -18.93222; -68.81056
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Janq'u Qullu
Janq'u Qullu is located in Bolivia
Janq'u Qullu
Janq'u Qullu
Location in Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation4,822 m (15,820 ft)[1]
Coordinates18°55′56″S 68°48′38″W / 18.93222°S 68.81056°W / -18.93222; -68.81056
Geography
LocationBolivia, Oruro Department, Mejillones Province
Parent rangeAndes, Cordillera Occidental

Janq'u Qullu (Aymara janq'u white, qullu mountain,[2][3] "white mountain", also spelled Jankho Kkollu) is a 4,822-metre-high (15,820 ft) mountain in the Cordillera Occidental in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the Oruro Department, Mejillones Province, La Rivera Municipality. Janq'u Qullu lies southeast of Laram Pukara and Taypi Qullu.[4]

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  1. ^ BIGM map 1:50,000 Cerro Capitan 5837-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. ^ portal.perueduca.edu.pe Archived 2013-07-28 at the Wayback Machine Yatiqirinaka Aru Pirwa (Aymara-Spanish Dictionary)
  4. ^ "La Rivera". Archived from the original on August 13, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2014.