Mullu Apachita

Mullu Apachita
Mullu Apachita

Location in Bolivia

Highest point
Elevation 5,368 m (17,612 ft) [1]
Coordinates 16°3′52″S 68°17′20″W / 16.06444°S 68.28889°W / -16.06444; -68.28889Coordinates: 16°3′52″S 68°17′20″W / 16.06444°S 68.28889°W / -16.06444; -68.28889
Geography
Location Bolivia,
La Paz Department, Los Andes Province, Batallas Municipality
Parent range Andes, Cordillera Real

Mullu Apachita[1] (Aymara mullu colored stone like a coral with which they make necklaces, apachita the place of transit of an important pass in the principal routes of the Andes; name in the Andes for a stone cairn, a little pile of rocks built along the trail in the high mountains,[2][3][4] hispanicized spelling Mullu Apacheta) is a mountain in the Cordillera Real in the Andes of Bolivia, about 5,368 metres (17,612 ft) high. It is located in the La Paz Department at the border of the Larecaja Province, Guanay Municipality, and the Los Andes Province, Batallas Municipality.[5] It is situated southeast of the mountains Wila Lluxita and Janq'u Uyu.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Cordillera Real Topographical Map, Bolivia". summitpost.org. Retrieved August 23, 2014. (north is upper left)
  2. ↑ 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)
  3. ↑ http://www.illa-a.org/cd/diccionarios/DicAymaraMinEduPeru.odt (Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  5. ↑ "Batallas". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved August 23, 2014. (unnamed)


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