Janq'u Quta (El Alto)
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| Janq'u Quta | |
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| File:Chacaltaya La Paz.jpg Wayna Potosí and Janq'u Quta as seen from Chacaltaya | |
| Location | Bolivia, La Paz Department, Murillo Province |
| Coordinates | 16°18′42″S 68°8′46″W / 16.31167°S 68.14611°W |
| Surface area | 1.8 km2 (0.69 sq mi)[1] |
| Max. depth | 9 m (30 ft) |
| Surface elevation | 4,664 m (15,302 ft) |
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Janq'u Quta (Aymara janq'u white, quta lake,[2] "white lake", Hispanicized spelling Jankho Khota, Jankho Kkota, Janko Khota, Janko Kota) is a lake in Bolivia located in the La Paz Department, Pedro Domingo Murillo Province, El Alto Municipality. It is situated south of the mountain Wayna Potosí and north-east of Milluni Lake[3][4] at a height of about 4,664 metres (15,302 ft). The little lake north-east of Janq'u Quta is named Pata Quta (Pata Khota).[3] There is a smaller lake of the same name east of Janq'u Quta in the La Paz Municipality.
See also
References
- ↑ Sonia Isela Sacaca Cuellar, "Distribución de bacterias sulfato reductoras en sedimentos de lagunas y turbera de la cuenca Milluni Cordellera Real, La Paz-Bolivia", Tesis para optar al grado de licenciatura en Bioquímica, La Paz, Bolivia, 2009, p. 34
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 La Paz (Norte) 5944-I
- ↑ "El Alto". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved September 24, 2014.
