Apachita (Chayanta)
This article is about the mountain in the Chayanta Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia. For other uses, see Apachita.
| Apachita | |
|---|---|
  Apachita Location within Bolivia | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 4,061 m (13,323 ft) [1] |
| Coordinates | 18°46′10″S 65°39′46″W / 18.76944°S 65.66278°WCoordinates: 18°46′10″S 65°39′46″W / 18.76944°S 65.66278°W |
| Geography | |
| Location |
Bolivia, Potosí Department |
| Parent range | Andes |
Apachita (Aymara for the place of transit of an important pass in the principal routes of the Andes; name for a stone cairn in the Andes, a little pile of rocks built along the trail in the high mountains,[2][3] also spelled Apacheta) is a 4,061-metre-high (13,323 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the Potosí Department, Chayanta Province, Ravelo Municipality. It lies northeast of the village of Wari Pampa (Huari Pampa).[1][4]
References
- 1 2 Bolivia IGM map 1:50,000 Ravelo 6437-I
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
- ↑ "Ravelo". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
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