Wallatiri (Poopó)

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 of Bolivia, about 4,100 m (13,500 ft) high. It is situated in the Oruro Department, Poopó Province, Poopó Municipality. Wallatiri lies south of Qala Pirqata.[6]

This article is about the mountain in the Poopó Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia. For other uses, see Wallatiri (disambiguation).
Wallatiri
Wallatiri is located in Bolivia
Wallatiri
Wallatiri
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation4,100 m (13,500 ft)[1]
Coordinates18°17′15″S 66°57′31″W
Geography
LocationBolivia, Oruro Department, Poopó Province
Parent rangeAndes

References
  1. BIGM map 1:50,000 Huanuni 6239-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. 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. "Poopó". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 15, 2015.


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