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Wayra Wasi (Potosí-Yocalla)

Coordinates: 19°28′36″S 65°49′50″W / 19.47667°S 65.83056°W / -19.47667; -65.83056
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Wayra Wasi
Wayra Wasi is located in Bolivia
Wayra Wasi
Wayra Wasi
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation4,208 m (13,806 ft)[1]
Coordinates19°28′36″S 65°49′50″W / 19.47667°S 65.83056°W / -19.47667; -65.83056
Geography
LocationBolivia,
Potosí Department
Parent rangeAndes

Wayra Wasi (Quechua wayra wind, wasi house,[2] "wind house", also spelled Huayra Huasi) is a 4,208-metre-high (13,806 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the Potosí Department, Tomás Frías Province, at the border of the Potosí Municipality and the Yocalla Municipality, west of the village of Tarapaya.[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Yocalla 6435-IV
  2. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  3. ^ "Yocalla". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved May 5, 2016.