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Taypi Qullu (Mejillones)

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Elevation
  
5,062 m

Taypi Qullu (Mejillones)

Location
  
Bolivia, Oruro Department, Mejillones Province

Parent range
  
Andes, Cordillera Occidental

Mountain range
  
Cordillera Occidental, Andes

Taypi Qullu (Aymara taypi center, middle, qullu mountain, "center mountain", hispanicized spelling Taypi Kkollu) is a 5,062-metre (16,608 ft) high mountain in the Cordillera Occidental in the Andes of Bolivia. It lies in the Oruro Department, Mejillones Province, La Rivera Municipality. Taypi Qullu is situated south of the mountain Chullumpiri, south-west of Laram Pukara and north-west of Janq'u Qullu. The river Ch'iyar Qullu Jawira ("black mountain river", also spelled Chiar Kkollu Jahuira) flows along its slopes and then to the south-west.

Map of Taypi Qullu, Bolivia

References

Taypi Qullu (Mejillones) Wikipedia