Ch’iyar Quta

Ch'iyar Quta is a small Bolivian lake located in the Sajama Province of the Oruro Department near the border to Chile. It is situated at a height of about 5,090 meters inside the boundaries of the Sajama National Park.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kunturiri and Jisk’a Kunturiri.

Kunturiri

Volcano

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Kunturiri is a volcano in the Andes on the border of Bolivia and Chile which rises up to 5,762 metres. On the Chilean side it is located in the Arica and Parinacota Region and on the Bolivian side in the Oruro Department, Sajama Province, Curahuara de Carangas Municipality, Sajama Canton as well as in the La Paz Department, Pacajes Province, Calacoto Municipality, Ulloma Canton. Kunturiri is situated 2½ km west of Ch’iyar Quta.

Jisk’a Kunturiri

Peak

Photo: NASA, Public domain.

Jisk'a Kunturiri is a mountain in the Andes of Bolivia which rises up to 5,488 metres. It is situated in the Oruro Department, Sajama Province, Curahuara de Carangas Municipality, Sajama Canton, north-west of the extinct Sajama volcano.

Qullqi Warani

Peak

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Qullqi Warani is a mountain in the Oruro Department in Bolivia at the border with Chile, north-west of the extinct Sajama volcano. It is situated in the Sajama Province, in the west of the Curahuara de Carangas Municipality. Qullqi Warani is situated 3 km southwest of Ch’iyar Quta.

Ch’iyar Quta

Type: Body of water
Description: lake
Category: lake
Location: Oruro, Altiplano, Bolivia, South America
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Latitude

-18.05° or 18° 3′ south

Longitude

-69.05071° or 69° 3′ 3″ west

Elevation

5,090 metres (16,699 feet)

Open location code

57HGWWXX+XP

OpenStreetMap ID

way 137184951

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

GeoNames ID

3920957

Wikidata ID

Q339126

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Ch’iyar Quta” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Laguna Chiar Kkola”
Chinese: “奇亞爾科塔湖”
Dutch: “Ch’iyar Quta”
Quechua: “Ch’iyar Quta”
Spanish: “Chiar Kkota”
Spanish: “Laguna Chiar Kkota”
Swedish: “Laguna Chiar Kkola”

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