Wallatiri (Challapata)

Wallatiri (Aymara wallata snow ball, snow lump; Andean goose,[2][3] -(i)ri a suffix, translated as "abundance of Andean geese"[4] or "habitat of the Andean geese",[5] hispanicized spelling Huallatiri) is a mountain in the Andes in Bolivia, about 4,700 m (15,400 ft) high. It is located southeast of Poopó Lake in the Oruro Department, Challapata Province, Quillacas Municipality. It lies southwest of Jatun Wila Qullu.[6]

Wallatiri
Wallatiri is located in Bolivia
Wallatiri
Wallatiri
Location in Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation4,700 m (15,400 ft)[1]
Coordinates19°24′58″S 66°36′02″W
Geography
LocationBolivia, Oruro Department, Challapata Province
Parent rangeAndes

References

  1. Boliviam IGM map Estancia Picotani 6235-I
  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. Bolivia - Highlands Naturetrek Tour Report 21-30 November 2005: Andean Goose Chloephaga melanoptera: [...] known in Quechua and Aymará as wallata.
  4. "Sernageomin baja a alerta Verde al volcán Guallatiri en Putre". SERNAGEOMIN, Ministerio de Minería, Chile. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
  5. "Chile (July-August 2015): Salar de Surire". ai.stanford.edu. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
  6. "Santiago de Quillacas". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on December 19, 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2015.


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