Waxra Apachita

Waxra Apachita
Waxra Apachita

Location in Bolivia

Highest point
Elevation 5,200 m (17,100 ft) [1]
Coordinates 16°03′32″S 68°19′06″W / 16.05889°S 68.31833°W / -16.05889; -68.31833Coordinates: 16°03′32″S 68°19′06″W / 16.05889°S 68.31833°W / -16.05889; -68.31833
Geography
Location Bolivia,
La Paz Department, Los Andes Province, Batallas Municipality
Parent range Andes, Cordillera Real

Waxra Apachita (Aymara waxra horn, 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] also spelled Wajra Apacheta) is a mountain in the Cordillera Real in the Andes of Bolivia, about 5,200 metres (17,060 ft) high. It is located in the La Paz Department, Los Andes Province, Batallas Municipality. It is situated southwest of the mountain Wila Lluxita, north of the lake Janq'u Quta, northeast of Wila Lluxi and southeast of Janq'u Uyu. The two small lakes southwest of Waxra Apachita are Muruqu Quta (Morokho Kkota) and Ch'uxña Quta ("green lake", Chojña Kkota) [1][5]

References

  1. 1 2 Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Lago Khara Kkota 5945-IV
  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 November 21, 2014. (unnamed)


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