Qalsata | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 5,874 m (19,272 ft) |
Coordinates | 15°55′57″S 68°26′16″W / 15.93250°S 68.43778°WCoordinates: 15°55′57″S 68°26′16″W / 15.93250°S 68.43778°W |
Geography | |
Location |
Bolivia La Paz Department, Larecaja Province, Sorata Municipality |
Parent range | Andes, Cordillera Real |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1-1962 via N.W. face, |
Qalsata (Aymara qalsa stones,-ta a suffix, the hispanicized spelling is the misleading word Calzada) is a mountain in the Andes, about 5,874 m (19,272 ft) high, located in the Cordillera Real of Bolivia. It lies in the La Paz Department, Larecaja Province, on the border of the Sorata Municipality and the Guanay Municipality. It is situated south-east of Janq'u Uma, between the mountain Q'asiri in the north-west and Ch'iyar Juqhu in the south-east, and east of San Francisco Lake.