Puka Salli

Puka Salli
Puka Salli

Location within Bolivia

Highest point
Elevation 4,640 m (15,220 ft) [1]
Coordinates 17°14′22″S 66°16′21″W / 17.23944°S 66.27250°W / -17.23944; -66.27250Coordinates: 17°14′22″S 66°16′21″W / 17.23944°S 66.27250°W / -17.23944; -66.27250
Geography
Location Bolivia,
Cochabamba Department
Parent range Andes

Puka Salli (Quechua puka red, salli sulfur,[2] red sulfur, also spelled Puca Salle) is a mountain in the Bolivian Andes which reaches a height of approximately 4,640 m (15,220 ft). It is located in the Cochabamba Department, Quillacollo Province, Quillacollo Municipality. Puka Salli lies southeast of Awila Wachana Punta and northeast of a lake named Parinani Quta (Aymara for "the lake with flamgingos").[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 Bolivia 1:100,000 Quillacollo 3636, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD (unnamed)
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) (5-vowel-system)
  3. ↑ "Quillacollo". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved April 2, 2016.


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