Qaral Explained

Qaral
Elevation M:4988
Elevation Ref:[1]
Location:Bolivia,
Potosí Department
Range:Andes
Map:Bolivia
Label Position:right
Map Size:200
Coordinates:-20.8186°N -67.7814°W

Qaral[2] (Hispanicized spelling Caral, also spelled Karal, Kjaral, K'aral) is a 4988m (16,365feet) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is situated in the Potosí Department, Nor Lípez Province, Colcha "K" Municipality. Qaral lies south of the Uyuni salt flat, south-west of the mountain Lliphi. Some of the nearest villages are Santiago and San Juan (San Juan del Rosario). An intermittent stream named Urqu Sunqu (Quechua for mountain heart, Orkho Sonkho) originates at the mountain. It flows to the south-west.[1] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Estancia Chilala 6031-IV
  2. Francisco M. Gil García, A la sombra de los mallkus. Tradición oral, ritualidad y ordenamiento del paisaje en una comunidad de Nor Lípez (Potosí, Bolivia), Revista Española de Antropología Americana 2008, vol. 38, núm. 1, 217-238 (in Spanish)
  3. Web site: COLCHA "K". . INE, Bolivia. October 9, 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141014025938/http://www.ine.gob.bo/publicaciones/visorPdf.aspx?Codigo=050901&tipo=1. October 14, 2014.