Coordinates: 16°39′12″S 67°46′00″W / 16.65333°S 67.76667°W / -16.65333; -67.76667

Layqa Qullu

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Layqa Qullu
File:Illimani Mountain.jpg
Illimani massif as seen from the west
Highest point
Elevation6,166 m (20,230 ft)[1]
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Geography
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LocationBolivia,
La Paz Department, Murillo Province, Sud Yungas Province
Parent rangeAndes, Cordillera Real

Layqa Qullu (Aymara layqa wizard, sorcerer, witch, sorceress, witch doctor, medicine man, qullu mountain,[2] "wizard mountain", also spelled Laica Kkollu) is a 6,166-metre-high (20,230 ft) peak in the Cordillera Real in the Andes of Bolivia. It is one of the highest peaks in the Illimani massif. It is situated in the La Paz Department, Murillo Province, Palca Municipality, and in the Sud Yungas Province, Irupana Municipality. Layqa Qullu lies south-east of the highest point of the massif, north-west of Link'u Link'u and Silla Pata.[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Palca 6044-III
  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)
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