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Mik'aya

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Elevation
  
5,342 m

Parent ranges
  
Andes, Cordillera Real

Mountain range
  
Cordillera Real, Andes

Mik'aya

Location
  
Bolivia, La Paz Department, Sud Yungas Province

Similar
  
Sirk'i Qullu, Mururata, Kunturiri, Illampu, Chacaltaya

Mik'aya (Aymara for abyss in the water, also spelled Mikhaya) is a 5,342-metre-high (17,526 ft) mountain in the Cordillera Real in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the La Paz Department at the border of the Pedro Domingo Murillo Province, La Paz Municipality, and the Sud Yungas Province, Yanacachi Municipality. Mik'aya lies north-east of the city of La Paz, south-east of the mountains Ch'uñawi and Wak'ani and north of the mountains Jathi Qullu and Sirk'i Qullu.

Map of Mik'aya, Bolivia

Mik'aya is also the name of a small lake at 16°21′45″S 67°57′19″W and the name of a stream west of the mountain. The stream flows to the west along the lake Qhunqhu Wiqara (Kunco Huikara) and then to the south-west.

References

Mik'aya Wikipedia