Jayu Quta (Maar)
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| Jayu Quta crater | ||
| Geographical location | Ladislao Cabrera Province , Bolivia | |
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| Coordinates | 19 ° 27 '49 " S , 67 ° 25' 56" W | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 3650 m | |
| surface | 11.69 hectares | |
| length | 425 m | |
| width | 350 m | |
| scope | 1.25 km | |
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Jayu Quta ( Aymara jayu salt, quta lake, "salt lake", also Jayo Khota, Jayu Khota, Jayu Kkota ) is a maar on the Altiplano in southwestern Bolivia , 25 kilometers north of the Salar de Uyuni and 45 kilometers east of the Salar de Coipasa . It is located in the canton of Villa Esperanza , in the municipality of Salinas de Garcí Mendoza , which belongs to the province of Ladislao Cabrera in the Oruro department . The circular lake was originally interpreted as the impact crater of a meteor .
The crater lake was formed by a phreatomagmatic explosion , possibly in the Holocene . Here, hot molten rock ( magma or lava ) came into contact with groundwater or surface water , so that the surrounding rock was blown up by the sudden water vapor and a crater was blasted into the rock underground. During this process basalt and granite rocks were thrown out.
The Jayu Quta Maar is ten kilometers southwest of the village of Tambo Tambillo on a connecting road that leads from Challapata on Lake Poopó to Salinas de Garcí Mendoza on the Salar de Uyuni .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish - Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
- ↑ a b Laguna Jayu Khota In: Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution ( English ) accessed September 29, 2017