Qullqi Warani

Qullqi Warani (Aymara qullqi silver,[1] also spelled Kollke Huarani) is a mountain in the Oruro Department in Bolivia at the border with Chile, north-west of the extinct Sajama volcano. It is situated in the Sajama Province, in the west of the Curahuara de Carangas Municipality. According to the Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 'Nevados Payachata Hoja 5739-I' it lies entirely on Bolivian terrain. Qullqi Warani lies south-west of the mountains Jisk'a Kunturiri and Patilla Pata, north of Phaq'u Q'awa and south-east of Kunturiri. The little lakes Q'asiri Quta (Khasiri Kkota) and Sura Pata (Sora Pata, Sorapata) lie at its feet, east and north of it.

Qullqi Warani
Satellite image showing the Paya Chata mountains and Qullqi Warani north-east of them (upper right corner east of the small lake Sura Pata, with north to the top right corner)
Highest point
Coordinates18°04′12″S 69°04′05″W 
Geography
LocationBolivia
Parent rangeAndes

The river Junt'uma K'uchu (Aymara junt'u warm, hot, uma water, k'uchu corner, "warm water corner", Junthuma Khuchu) originates south of Qullqi Warani. It flows to the south-east as a right affluent of the Sajama River.[2][3]

References
  1. 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)
  2. BIGM map 1:50,000 Nevados Payachata Hoja 5739-I
  3. "Curahuara de Carangas". Archived from the original on November 11, 2014. Retrieved September 15, 2014. (unnamed, south-west of Chiar Kkota)


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