Sura Quta (Wayna Potosí)

From The Right Wiki
Jump to navigationJump to search
Sura Quta
Lua error in Module:Location_map at line 389: Malformed coordinates value.
LocationBolivia,
La Paz Department, Los Andes Province
Coordinates{{WikidataCoord}} – missing coordinate data
Surface elevation4,491 m (14,734 ft)
References[1]
Lua error in Module:Mapframe at line 363: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'lat_d' (a nil value).

Sura Quta[2] (Aymara sura dry jiquima, a species of Pachyrhizus,[3] quta lake,[4] "sura lake", hispanicized spellings Sora Kkota, Sora Kota) is a lake west of the Cordillera Real of Bolivia located in the La Paz Department, Los Andes Province, Pukarani Municipality, Wayna Potosí Canton, on the border to Batallas Municipality. It is situated at a height of about 4,491 metres (14,734 ft), about 1.77 km long and 0.7 km at its widest point. Sura Quta lies north east of Taypi Chaka Quta. The lakes are connected by the Link'u River ("curve river") that flows down from the Cordillera Real towards Lake Titicaca.

See also

References

  1. mapcarta.com "Laguna Sora Kkota"
  2. summitpost.org Map of the area (north is upper left) showing "Sura Quta" situated north east of Taypi Chaka Quta (on the left)
  3. Ludovico Bertonio, Transcripción del vocabulario de la lengua aymara (Spanish-Aymara dictionary): Jiquima seca. - Willu khama, sura
  4. katari.org Quta (s.) - Lago

External links

  • Pukarani Municipality population data and map showing Taypi Chaka Quta situated south west of Sura Quta ("Sora Kota")