Phaq'u Q'awa (Sajama)

Phaq'u Q'awa
Satellite image showing the Paya Chata mountains and Phaq'u Q'awa northeast of them (upper right corner below the smaller lake, with north to the top right corner)
Highest point
Elevation5,380 m (17,650 ft)[1]
Coordinates18°05′30″S 69°04′08″W / 18.09167°S 69.06889°W / -18.09167; -69.06889
Geography
Phaq'u Q'awa is located in Bolivia
Phaq'u Q'awa
Phaq'u Q'awa
Location in Bolivia
LocationBolivia
Parent rangeAndes, Cordillera Occidental

Phaq'u Q'awa is a mountain in the Cordillera Occidental in the Andes of Bolivia, about 5,380 metres (17,651 ft) high. It is situated in the Oruro Department, Sajama Province, in the west of the Curahuara de Carangas Municipality, northwest of the extinct Sajama volcano. It lies south of Qullqi Warani.

The river Junt'uma K'uchu (Aymara junt'u warm, hot, uma water, k'uchu corner, "warm water corner", Junthuma Khuchu) originates north of Phaq'u Q'awa. It flows to the southeast as a right affluent of the Sajama River.[1][2]

  1. ^ a b Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Nevados Payachata Hoja 5739-I
  2. ^ "Curahuara de Carangas". Archived from the original on November 11, 2014. Retrieved September 15, 2014.