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Puka Qaqa (Bolivia)

Coordinates: 19°20′46″S 64°45′42″W / 19.34611°S 64.76167°W / -19.34611; -64.76167
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Puka Qaqa
Puka Qaqa is located in Bolivia
Puka Qaqa
Puka Qaqa
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation3,308 m (10,853 ft)[1]
Coordinates19°20′46″S 64°45′42″W / 19.34611°S 64.76167°W / -19.34611; -64.76167
Geography
LocationBolivia,
Chuquisaca Department
Parent rangeAndes

Puka Qaqa (Quechua puka red, qaqa rock,[2] "red rock", also spelled Puca Khakha) is a 3,308-metre-high (10,853 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the Chuquisaca Department, Jaime Zudáñez Province, Icla Municipality, northeast of the village of Icla. The Jatun Mayu flows along its southern slope.[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Icla 6635-IV
  2. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  3. ^ "Icla". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on January 11, 2016. Retrieved April 21, 2016.