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Janq'u Quta (Aymara janq'u white, quta lake,[2] "white lake", hispanicized spelling Jankho Khota, Jankho Kkota, Janko Khota, Janko Kota) is a lake in Bolivia located in the La Paz Department, Pedro Domingo Murillo Province, El Alto Municipality. It is situated south of the mountain Wayna Potosí and north-east of Milluni Lake[3][4] at a height of about 4,664 metres (15,302 ft). The little lake north-east of Janq'u Quta is named Pata Quta (Pata Khota).[3]

This article is about the lake in the El Alto Municipality, La Paz Department, Bolivia. For other uses, see Janq'u Quta.
Janq'u Quta
Wayna Potosí and Janq'u Quta as seen from Chacaltaya
Janq'u Quta (El Alto)
Janq'u Quta (El Alto)
LocationBolivia,
La Paz Department, Murillo Province
Coordinates16°18′42″S 68°8′46″W
Surface area1.8 km2 (0.69 sq mi)[1]
Max. depth9 m (30 ft)
Surface elevation4,664 m (15,302 ft)

There is a smaller lake of the same name east of Janq'u Quta in the La Paz Municipality.


See also



References


  1. Sonia Isela Sacaca Cuellar, "Distribución de bacterias sulfato reductoras en sedimentos de lagunas y turbera de la cuenca Milluni Cordellera Real, La Paz-Bolivia", Tesis para optar al grado de licenciatura en Bioquímica, La Paz, Bolivia, 2009, p. 34
  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. Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 La Paz (Norte) 5944-I
  4. "El Alto". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved September 24, 2014.


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