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{{About|the lake in the El Alto Municipality, La Paz Department, Bolivia|other uses|Janq'u Quta (disambiguation){{!}}Janq'u Quta}}
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| name               = Janq'u Quta
| image              = Chacaltaya La Paz.jpg
| caption            = Wayna Potosí and Janq'u Quta as seen from [[Chacaltaya]]
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'''Janq'u Quta''' ([[Aymara language|Aymara]] ''janq'u'' white, ''quta'' lake,<ref>{{Ref Bertonio}}</ref> "white lake", Hispanicized spelling ''Jankho Khota, Jankho Kkota, Janko Khota, Janko Kota'') is a lake in [[Bolivia]] located in the [[La Paz Department (Bolivia)|La Paz Department]], [[Pedro Domingo Murillo Province]], [[El Alto Municipality, La Paz|El Alto Municipality]]. It is situated south of the mountain [[Huayna Potosí|Wayna Potosí]] and north-east of [[Milluni Lake|Milluni]] Lake<ref name=igm>Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 La Paz (Norte) 5944-I</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ine.gob.bo/publicaciones/visorPdf.aspx?Codigo=020105&tipo=1|title=El Alto|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|publisher=INE, Bolivia|accessdate=September 24, 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303051446/http://www.ine.gob.bo/publicaciones/visorPdf.aspx?Codigo=020105&tipo=1|archivedate=March 3, 2016}}</ref> at a height of about 4,664&nbsp;metres (15,302&nbsp;ft). The little lake north-east of Janq'u Quta is named Pata Quta ''(Pata Khota)''.<ref name=igm/>
There is a smaller lake of the same name east of Janq'u Quta in the [[La Paz Municipality, Bolivia|La Paz Municipality]].
== See also ==
* [[Chacaltaya]]
* [[Laram Quta (El Alto)|Laram Quta]]
* [[Milluni Peak]]
* [[Phaq'u Quta]]
== References ==
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[[Category:Lakes of La Paz Department (Bolivia)]]
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