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Yapu Qullu (Sajama)

Coordinates: 18°24′24″S 68°50′12″W / 18.40667°S 68.83667°W / -18.40667; -68.83667
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Yapu Qullu
Yapu Qullu is located in Bolivia
Yapu Qullu
Yapu Qullu
Location in Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation4,148 m (13,609 ft)[1]
Coordinates18°24′24″S 68°50′12″W / 18.40667°S 68.83667°W / -18.40667; -68.83667
Geography
LocationBolivia
Oruro Department, Sajama Province, Turco Municipality
Parent rangeAndes, Cordillera Occidental

Yapu Qullu (Aymara yapu field, qullu mountain,[2] "field mountain", also spelled Yapu Kkollu, Yapukkollu) is a dome[3] in the Cordillera Occidental of Bolivia southeast of the summit of the Chullkani volcano. It is located in the Oruro Department, Sajama Province, Turco Municipality, east of the Sajama River and southwest of a plain named Titi Pampa.[4] The peak of Yapu Qullu reaches a height of 4,148 m (13,609 ft).[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Chachacomani 5838-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. ^ Gabriela Vargas-Mattos, Mauro César Geraldes, Ramiro Matos Salinas, Reconstrucción geológica del volcán Chullcani (mioceno superior a plioceno superior): Consideraciónes generales sobre geoquímica y edad de las fases volcánicas, Andes Centrales de Bolivia, Revista Brasileira de Geociências, 12/2006
  4. ^ "Turco". Retrieved January 22, 2016. (unnamed, southwest of Titi Pampa)