Chilla-Kimsa Chata mountain range explained

Chilla-Kimsa Chata mountain range
Country:	Bolivia
Parent:	Andes
Highest:	Laqaya
Elevation M:	4825
Coordinates:	-16.6833°N -111°W

The Chilla-Kimsa Chata mountain range (also spelled Kimsachata, Aymara and Quechua kimsa three, Pukina chata mountain,^[1] "three mountains", Hispanicized spellings Quimsachata, Quimsa Chata) is situated in Bolivia south east of Wiñaymarka Lake, the southern part of Lake Titicaca, in the La Paz Department, Ingavi Province. The range is named after one of highest mountains, the Kimsa Chata complex rising up to 4735m (15,535feet) about 15 km south of Tiwanaku.

The range stretches from north to south-east almost parallel to the Taraco range north of it. Wakira River flows through the valley between the two ranges and Jach'a Jawira flows along its southern slopes.

Mountains

Some of the highest elevations of the range are listed below.^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}

Notes and References

1. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Lengua Pukina en Jesús de Machaca
2. Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Sacacani 5843-I
3. Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Tiahuanacu 5844-II
4. Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Guaqui 5844-III
5. Bolivian IGM map 1:250,000 La Paz SE-10-03
6. Web site: Guaqui. . INE, Bolivia. October 25, 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141024075344/http://www.ine.gob.bo/publicaciones/visorPdf.aspx?Codigo=020802&tipo=1. October 24, 2014.
7. Web site: Jesús de Machaca . INE, Bolivia . October 25, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160204145437/http://www.ine.gob.bo/publicaciones/visorPdf.aspx?Codigo=020806&tipo=1 . February 4, 2016 .
8. Web site: Tiawanacu. . INE, Bolivia. October 25, 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141023083149/http://www.ine.gob.bo/publicaciones/visorPdf.aspx?Codigo=020803&tipo=1. October 23, 2014.