T'ala Qucha

T'ala Qucha
Location Bolivia,
Potosí Department, José María Linares Province
Coordinates 19°44′30″S 65°36′52″W / 19.74167°S 65.61444°W / -19.74167; -65.61444Coordinates: 19°44′30″S 65°36′52″W / 19.74167°S 65.61444°W / -19.74167; -65.61444

T'ala Qucha (Quechua t'ala muddy, qucha lake,[1][2] "muddy lake", also spelled Tala Khocha) is a lake in the Potosí mountain range in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the Potosí Department, José María Linares Province, in the west of the Puna Municipality. T'ala Qucha lies south-east of the mountain Jatun Kunturiri, between the mountains Ch'aki Qucha in the north-east and Kunturiri in the south-west.[3][4]

References

  1. Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua_Spanish dictionary)
  2. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Puna 6434-I
  4. "Puna". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved October 6, 2014. (unnamed)


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