Jist'aña

Jist'aña
Pirámide Blanca

Jist'aña (on the right) as seen from Ch'iyar Quta
Highest point
Elevation 5,260 m (17,260 ft) [1]
Coordinates 16°10′38″S 68°13′00″W / 16.17722°S 68.21667°W / -16.17722; -68.21667Coordinates: 16°10′38″S 68°13′00″W / 16.17722°S 68.21667°W / -16.17722; -68.21667
Geography
Parent range Andes, Cordillera Real
Climbing
First ascent 1964[2]

Jist'aña (Aymara for to close and for to carry bulky packages,[3] also spelled Jisthana), also known as Pirámide Blanca[4][5] (Spanish for "white piramid"), is a mountain in the Cordillera Real in the Bolivian Andes, about 5,260 metres (17,257 ft) high. It is situated in the La Paz Department, at the border of the Los Andes Province, Pucarani Municipality, and the Murillo Province, La Paz Municipality. Jist'aña lies between the mountain Kunturiri of the La Paz Municipality in the southeast and the peaks of Kunturiri of the Los Andes Province in the northwest. The rivers Kunturiri (Condoriri) and Jist'aña Jawira (Jistano Jahuira) originate near the mountain. Kunturiri River flows to Ch'iyar Quta, a lake southwest of Jist'aña, and Jist'aña Jawira which later is named Uma Pallqa (Uma Palca) flows to the northeast.[1][6]

A view of Ch'iyar Quta, the base camp and the group southeast of the main peak of Kunturiri showing Jist'aña in the background

References

  1. 1 2 IGM map 1:50,000 5945-II sheet Milluni
  2. ↑ Taken from Mountaineering in the Andes by Jill Neate, Bolivia, RGS-IBG Expedition Advisory Centre, 2nd edition, May 1994
  3. ↑ 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)
  4. ↑ "Pirámide Blanca 5230 m, Südwestwand". betzgi.ch. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Panorámica desde el Cerro Austria". madteam.net. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Pucarani". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved November 17, 2014. (unnamed)
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