The Cordillera Quimsa Cruz is a mountain range in the
La Paz Department in
Bolivia situated south east of
Lake Titicaca
Lake Titicaca (; es, Lago Titicaca ; qu, Titiqaqa Qucha) is a large freshwater lake in the Andes mountains on the border of Bolivia and Peru. It is often called the highest navigable lake in the world. By volume of water and by surface area, i ...
and north of
Lake Uru Uru
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Uru Uru Lake is a lake in the Oruro Department in Bolivia. It is fed by the Desaguadero River (Bolivia), Desaguadero River and the Jach'a Jawira (La Paz-Oruro), Jach'a Jawira. It is situated at an elevation of 3,686 m, its surface area is ...
, measuring about 35–40 km in length and 12 km at its widest point. It is the continuation of the
Cordillera Real of Bolivia extending in a north to south-eastern direction from Asiento pass south of
Illimani
Illimani (Aymara) is the highest mountain in the Cordillera Real (part of the Cordillera Oriental, a subrange of the Andes) of western Bolivia. It lies near the cities of El Alto and La Paz at the eastern edge of the Altiplano. It is the sec ...
to ''Tres Cruces'' pass.
''Kimsa Cruz'' or ''Quimsa Cruz'' in Hispanicized spelling is a partly
Aymara
Aymara may refer to:
Languages and people
* Aymaran languages, the second most widespread Andean language
** Aymara language, the main language within that family
** Central Aymara, the other surviving branch of the Aymara(n) family, which today ...
(''kimsa'' three),
partly
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Can ...
(''cruz'' cross) expression meaning "three crosses".
Mountains
The highest elevations are
Jachacunocollo (5,800 m),
Wayna Khunu Qullu (5,640 m) and Gigante (5,748 m). Other notable peaks are:
[Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 6142-IV 'Yaco'][IGM map 1:50,000 6043-I Araca]
*
León Jiwata
León Jiwata (Spanish ''león'' lion (here referring to the puma), Aymara ''jiwata'' dead, "dead lion", Hispanicized spelling ''León Jihuata'') is a mountain in the Bolivian Andes, about 5,680 metres (18,635 ft) high. It lies in the ...
,
* San Luis,
* Las Virgenes,
* San Pedro,
*
Yaypuri,
* Salvador Apacheta,
* Jach'a Paquni,
* San Enrique,
* Atoroma,
* Santa Fe,
* San Juan,
* San Lorenzo,
*
Janq'u Qullu,
* La Salvadora,
* Yunque,
* Wila Qullu,
* Nina Qullu,
*
Ch'amak Qullu,
*
Wallatani,
*
Quri Ch'uma,
* Gerhard,
* Los Enanos,
*
Mama Uqllu
In Inca mythology, Mama Ocllo, or more precisely Mama Uqllu, was deified as a mother and fertility goddess. In one legend she was a daughter of Inti and Mama Killa, and in another the daughter of Viracocha (Wiraqucha) and Mama Qucha. In all of ...
,
* Cuernos de Diablo,
* Chhankaphiña,
* Santa Vera Cruz,
* Pireo,
*
Janq'u Quta,
*
Achuma,
*
Ch'uxña Quta,
*
Taruja Umaña,
*
Janq'u Willk'i,
* Kunturiri
* Laram Quta
* Malla Ch'uma
See also
*
Itapalluni
*
Wisk'achani
References
Mountain ranges of Bolivia
Mountains of La Paz Department (Bolivia)
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