Jatun Q'asa (

Quechua Quechua may refer to: *Quechua people, several Indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru *Quechuan languages, an Indigenous South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language ...

''jatun, hatun'' big, ''q'asa'' mountain pass, "big mountain pass", also spelled ''Jatun Khasa'') is a mountain in the

Bolivia Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...

Andes The Andes ( ), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (; ) are the List of longest mountain chains on Earth, longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range ...

. It is situated in the

Potosí Department Potosí (; Southern Quechua, Quechua: ''P'utuqsi''; Aymara language, Aymara: ''Putusi'') is a Departments of Bolivia, department in southwestern Bolivia. Its area is 118,218 km2 and its population is 856,419 (2024 census). The capital is the ...

Tomás Frías Province Tomás Frías is a province in the northern parts of the Bolivian Potosí Department. Its capital is Potosí which is also the capital of the department. The province is named after the former president Tomás Frías Ametller. Location Tomás Fr ...

Potosí Municipality Potosí Municipality is the capital municipality of the Tomás Frías Province in the Potosí Department in Bolivia. Its seat is Potosí which is the capital of the department as well. Geography The Potosí mountain range traverses the municipa ...

. Some of the nearest settlements are Umallani and Salla K'uchu. Jatun Q'asa lies east

Wayra Wasi Wayra Wasi (Quechua ''wayra'' wind, ''wasi'' house, "wind house", Hispanicized spelling ''Huayra Huasi'') is a mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is situated in the Potosí Department, Tomás Frías Province, Potosí Municipality Potosí Munic ...

, between the Ch'aki Mayu (Quechua for "dry river", ''Chaqui Mayu'') in the west and the Challwiri River ''(Challviri)'' in the east. Both rivers flow to the north as right tributaries of the Pillku Mayu. (unnamed)

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Mountains of Potosí Department Four-thousanders of the Andes {{Potosí-geo-stub