Yana Qaqa (Chayanta)

This article is about the mountain in the Chayanta Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia. For other uses, see Yana Qaqa.
Yana Qaqa
Yana Qaqa

Location within Bolivia

Highest point
Elevation 3,944 m (12,940 ft) [1]
Coordinates 18°46′56″S 65°42′53″W / 18.78222°S 65.71472°W / -18.78222; -65.71472Coordinates: 18°46′56″S 65°42′53″W / 18.78222°S 65.71472°W / -18.78222; -65.71472
Geography
Location Bolivia,
Potosí Department
Parent range Andes

Yana Qaqa (Quechua for the place of transit of an important pass in the principal routes of the Andes; name in the Andes yana black, qaqa rock,[2] "black rock", also spelled Yana Khakha) is a 3,944-metre-high (12,940 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the Potosí Department, Chayanta Province, Ravelo Municipality. It lies southwest of the village of Wari Pampa (Huari Pampa).[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 Bolivia IGM map 1:50,000 Ravelo 6437-I
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ "Ravelo". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved April 17, 2016.


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