Coordinates: 17°11′40″S 67°43′07″W / 17.19444°S 67.71861°W / -17.19444; -67.71861

Chuqi Sillani

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Chuqi Sillani
Chuqi Sillani is located in Bolivia
Chuqi Sillani
Chuqi Sillani
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation4,812 m (15,787 ft)[1]
Coordinates17°11′40″S 67°43′07″W / 17.19444°S 67.71861°W / -17.19444; -67.71861
Geography
LocationBolivia
La Paz Department, Loayza Province, Luribay Municipality
Parent rangeAndes

Chuqi Sillani (Aymara chuqi gold, silla cane of maize,[2] -ni a suffix, "the one with the golden cane of maize", also spelled Choque Sillani) is a 4,812-metre-high (15,787 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the La Paz Department, Loayza Province, Luribay Municipality. Chuqi Sillani lies southeast of Qillwan Quta and east of a plain named Qillwan Quta Pampa.[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Sicasica 6042-II
  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. ^ "Luribay". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on February 15, 2016. Retrieved February 9, 2016.