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Laram Q'awa (Charaña)

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Location
  
Bolivia

Mountain range
  
Andes

Elevation
  
5,182 m

Parent range
  
Andes

Laram Q'awa (Charaña)

Similar
  
Uqi Uqini, Umurata, K'isi K'isini, Acotango, Pomerape

Laram Q'awa (Aymara larama blue, q'awa little river, ditch, crevice, fissure, gap in the earth, "blue brook" or "blue ravine", Hispanicized spellings Laram Khaua, Larancagua) is a 5,182-metre-high (17,001 ft) mountain in the Andes. According to the Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 'Nevados Payachata Hoja 5739-I' it is situated on Bolivian terrain in the La Paz Department, Pacajes Province (Charaña Municipality), at the border with Chile. It lies north-west of the mountains Kunturiri, Phaq'u Q'awa and another mountain on the border named Laram Q'awa (Laram Khaua). One of three different rivers of this area called Kunturiri (Condoriri) originates north-east of the mountain near Phaq'u Q'awa. It flows in a bow along the northern slopes of Laram Q'awa towards Chile.

Map of Laram Q'awa, Putre, Arica y Parinacota Region, Chile

References

Laram Q'awa (Charaña) Wikipedia