Llamp'u

Llamp'u (Aymara for soft, fine-grained,[2] Hispanicized spelling Llampu, also named 'Illampu') is a 5,519-metre-high (18,107 ft) mountain in the Cordillera Real in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the La Paz Department, Murillo Province, La Paz Municipality, north of the mountain Tilata. A lake named Warawarani lies at its feet, south of it.

Llamp'u
Highest point
Elevation5,519 m (18,107 ft)[1]
Coordinates16°12′05″S 68°05′36″W
Geography
LocationBolivia
La Paz Department, Murillo Province
Parent rangeAndes, Cordillera Real

Llamp'u is also the name of the river which originates south of Tilata near the lake Chaku Quta (Chaco Kkota). It flows to the north-east.[1][3]

References

  1. IGM map 1:50,000 5945-II sheet Milluni
  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. "La Paz". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on November 2, 2014. Retrieved September 26, 2014. (named 'Illampu')


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