Jisk'a Pata

Jisk'a Pata
Jisk'a Pata

Location in Bolivia

Highest point
Elevation 5,508 m (18,071 ft)[1]
Coordinates 16°02′11″S 68°20′22″W / 16.03639°S 68.33944°W / -16.03639; -68.33944Coordinates: 16°02′11″S 68°20′22″W / 16.03639°S 68.33944°W / -16.03639; -68.33944
Geography
Location Bolivia,
La Paz Department, Los Andes Province, Batallas Municipality
Parent range Andes, Cordillera Real
Climbing
First ascent 1-1971 via S. face: S.E. face-1975.[2]

Jisk'a Pata[3] (Aymara jisk'a small, pata stone bench, step,[4] "little stone step", Hispanicized spelling Jiskha Pata) is a 5,508-metre-high (18,071 ft) mountain in the Cordillera Real in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the La Paz Department, Los Andes Province, Batallas Municipality, Kirani Canton.[5] It is situated between the mountains Jallawaya in the west and Janq'u Uyu in the south-east, north of Warawarani, Wila Lluxi and Phaq'u Kiwuta, all of them higher than 5,000 m.

See also

References

  1. Bolivian IGM map 1.50,000 Lago Khara Kkota
  2. Jill Neate, Mountaineering in the Andes, 1994
  3. "Cordillera Real Topographical Map, Bolivia". summitpost.org. Retrieved August 22, 2014. (north is upper left)
  4. 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)
  5. "Batallas". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved August 22, 2014. Batallas Municipality: population data and map showing Janq'u Uyu ("Jankho Huyo"). Jisk'a Pata is situated north-west of it.


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