Apachita (Ingavi)

This article is about the mountain in the Ingavi Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia. For other uses, see Apachita.
Apachita
Highest point
Elevation 4,556 m (14,948 ft) [1]
Coordinates 16°45′47″S 68°32′10″W / 16.76306°S 68.53611°W / -16.76306; -68.53611Coordinates: 16°45′47″S 68°32′10″W / 16.76306°S 68.53611°W / -16.76306; -68.53611
Geography
Location Bolivia
La Paz Department
Parent range Andes, Chilla-Kimsa Chata

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] Hispanicized spelling Apacheta) is a 4,556-metre-high (14,948 ft) mountain in the Chilla-Kimsa Chata mountain range in the Andes of Bolivia. It lies in the La Paz Department, Ingavi Province, Jesús de Machaca Municipality, north-east of Ch'ama (Chama). Apachita is situated south-west of the mountain Ch'utu Wankarani and north-east of the mountain Imill Wawani.[1][4]

References

  1. 1 2 IGM map 1:50,000 5843-I Sacacani
  2. ↑ http://www.illa-a.org/cd/diccionarios/DicAymaraMinEduPeru.odt (Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ "Jesús de Machaca". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved October 23, 2014.


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