Tanka Tanka (Bolivia)

For the mountain in the Oruro Department, Bolivia, see Tanka Tanka (Oruro). For the archaeological site in Peru, see Tanqa Tanqa.
Tanka Tanka
Tanka Tanka

Location within Bolivia

Highest point
Elevation 4,643 m (15,233 ft) [1]
Coordinates 17°15′41″S 67°41′27″W / 17.26139°S 67.69083°W / -17.26139; -67.69083Coordinates: 17°15′41″S 67°41′27″W / 17.26139°S 67.69083°W / -17.26139; -67.69083
Geography
Location Bolivia
La Paz Department
Parent range Andes

Tanka Tanka (Aymara tanka hat or biretta,[2] the reduplication indicates that there is a group of something, "many hats (or birettas)") is a 4,643 m (15,233 ft) high mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the La Paz Department, Aroma Province, Sica Sica Municipality.[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Sicasica 6042-II
  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. ↑ "Sica Sica". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
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