Yuraq Yuraq

Yuraq Yuraq
Highest point
Elevation 4,920 m (16,140 ft)
Coordinates 19°38′33″S 65°39′12″W / 19.64250°S 65.65333°W / -19.64250; -65.65333Coordinates: 19°38′33″S 65°39′12″W / 19.64250°S 65.65333°W / -19.64250; -65.65333
Geography
Location Bolivia
Potosí Department
Parent range Andes, Khari Khari mountain range

Yuraq Yuraq (Quechua yuraq white,[1] the reduplication indicates there is a complex or a group of something, "white complex", or yuraq yuraq common name of Gochnatia boliviana,[2] also spelled Yuraj Yuraj) is a mountain in the Khari Khari mountain range of the Bolivian Andes, about 4,920 m (16,142  ft) high.[3] It is situated southeast of Potosí in the Potosí Department. Yuraq Yuraq lies southeast of Illimani and northeast of Q'illu Urqu.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  2. ↑ Susana Arrázola Rivero, Margoth Atahuachi, Edwin Saravia, Alvaro Lopez, Diversidad florística medicinal y potencial Etnofarmacológico de las plantas de los valles secos de Cochabamba - Bolivia, p. 72 (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ Evelio Echevarría, Cordillera de Potosí, Bolivia, The Alpine Journal, 1995
  4. ↑ Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 6435-II-1 Potosí (Este)


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