Janq'u Quta (El Alto) Explained

Janq'u Quta
Location:	Bolivia, La Paz Department, Murillo Province
Coords:	-16.3117°N -68.1461°W
Area:	1.8km2^[1]
Max-Depth:	9m (30feet)
Elevation:	4664m (15,302feet)
Pushpin Label:	Janq'u Quta (El Alto)
Pushpin Map:	Bolivia#South America
Pushpin Map Alt:	Location of Janq'u Quta (El Alto) in Bolivia.
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Pushpin Label Position:	bottom
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Janq'u Quta (Aymara janq'u white, quta lake, "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^{[2] [3]} 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).^[2]

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

See also

• Chacaltaya
• Laram Quta
• Milluni Peak
• Phaq'u Quta

Notes and 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. Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 La Paz (Norte) 5944-I
3. Web site: El Alto. . INE, Bolivia. September 24, 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303051446/http://www.ine.gob.bo/publicaciones/visorPdf.aspx?Codigo=020105&tipo=1. March 3, 2016.