Janq'u Apachita

Janq'u Apachita
Janq'u Apachita

Location within Bolivia

Highest point
Elevation 4,570 m (14,990 ft)[1]
Coordinates 17°06′11″S 68°15′58″W / 17.10306°S 68.26611°W / -17.10306; -68.26611Coordinates: 17°06′11″S 68°15′58″W / 17.10306°S 68.26611°W / -17.10306; -68.26611
Geography
Location Bolivia,
La Paz Department
Pacajes Province
Parent range Andes, Chilla-Kimsa Chata

Janq'u Apachita (Aymara janq'u white, apachita the place of transit of an important pass in the principal routes of the Andes; name in the Andes for a stone cairn, a little pile of rocks built along the trail in the high mountains,[2][3] also spelled Janko Apacheta, Jankho Apacheta) is a 4,570-metre-high (14,990 ft) mountain in the southern part of the Chilla-Kimsa Chata mountain range in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the La Paz Department, Pacajes Province, Waldo Ballivián Municipality. Janq'u Apachita lies northeast of Wila Qullu.[1][4]

References

  1. 1 2 Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Estación General Ballivián 5942-IV
  2. 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)
  3. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. "Waldo Ballivián". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
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