Apachita (Potosí)

This article is about the mountain in the Potosí Department, Bolivia. For other uses, see Apachita.
Apachita

Laguna Colorada and Apachita (lower right) as seen from the ISS (North is to the upper left part of this image.)
Highest point
Coordinates 22°26′39″S 67°47′28″W / 22.44417°S 67.79111°W / -22.44417; -67.79111Coordinates: 22°26′39″S 67°47′28″W / 22.44417°S 67.79111°W / -22.44417; -67.79111
Geography
Apachita

Location in Bolivia

Location Bolivia,
Potosí Department, Sur Lípez Province
Parent range Andes, Cordillera Occidental

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,[1][2] also spelled Apacheta) is a mountain in the Cordillera Occidental in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the Potosí Department, Sur Lípez Province, San Pablo de Lípez Municipality, near the Chilean border.[3][4] Apachita lies within the borders of the Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve.[5] It is situated east of Michina.[3]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.illa-a.org/cd/diccionarios/DicAymaraMinEduPeru.odt (Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. 1 2 Bolivian IGM map 1:250,000 Volcán Juriques SF-19-11
  4. ↑ "San Pablo de Lípez". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
  5. ↑ sernap.gob.bo Reserva National de Fauna Andina Eduardo Avaroa


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