Wallatiri (Poopó)

This article is about the mountain in the Poopó Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia. For other uses, see Wallatiri (disambiguation).
Wallatiri
Wallatiri

Location within Bolivia

Highest point
Elevation 4,100 m (13,500 ft) [1]
Coordinates 18°17′15″S 66°57′31″W / 18.28750°S 66.95861°W / -18.28750; -66.95861Coordinates: 18°17′15″S 66°57′31″W / 18.28750°S 66.95861°W / -18.28750; -66.95861
Geography
Location Bolivia, Oruro Department, Poopó Province
Parent range Andes

Wallatiri (Aymara wallata snow ball, snow lump; Andean goose,[2][3] -(i)ri a suffix, translated as "abundance of Andean geese"[4] or "habitat of the Andean geese",[5] hispanicized spelling Huallatiri) is a mountain in the Andes of Bolivia, about 4,100 m (13,500 ft) high. It is situated in the Oruro Department, Poopó Province, Poopó Municipality. Wallatiri lies south of Qala Pirqata.[6]

References

  1. ↑ BIGM map 1:50,000 Huanuni 6239-III
  2. ↑ Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ Bolivia - Highlands Naturetrek Tour Report 21-30 November 2005: Andean Goose Chloephaga melanoptera: [...] known in Quechua and Aymará as wallata.
  4. ↑ "Sernageomin baja a alerta Verde al volcán Guallatiri en Putre". SERNAGEOMIN, Ministerio de Minería, Chile. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Chile (July-August 2015): Salar de Surire". ai.stanford.edu. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Poopó". Retrieved October 15, 2015.
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