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Mountain in Bolivia
Yuraq Yuraq
Yuraq Yuraq is located in BoliviaYuraq YuraqYuraq YuraqBolivia
Potosí Department
Highest point
Elevation4,920 m (16,140 ft)
Coordinates19°38′33″S 65°39′12″W / 19.64250°S 65.65333°W / -19.64250; -65.65333
Geography
LocationBolivia
Potosí Department
Parent rangeAndes, Khari Khari mountain range

Yuraq Yuraq (Quechua yuraq white, the reduplication indicates there is a complex or a group of something, "white complex", or yuraq yuraq common name of Gochnatia boliviana, 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. It is situated southeast of Potosí in the Potosí Department. Yuraq Yuraq lies southeast of Illimani and northeast of Q'illu Urqu.

References

  1. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  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)
Potosí Department
Capital: Potosí
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