Apachita (Chayanta)

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

Location within Bolivia

Highest point
Elevation 4,061 m (13,323 ft) [1]
Coordinates 18°46′10″S 65°39′46″W / 18.76944°S 65.66278°W / -18.76944; -65.66278Coordinates: 18°46′10″S 65°39′46″W / 18.76944°S 65.66278°W / -18.76944; -65.66278
Geography
Location Bolivia,
Potosí Department
Parent range Andes

Apachita (Aymara for the place of transit of an important pass in the principal routes of the Andes; name for a stone cairn in the Andes, a little pile of rocks built along the trail in the high mountains,[2][3] also spelled Apacheta) is a 4,061-metre-high (13,323 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the Potosí Department, Chayanta Province, Ravelo Municipality. It lies northeast of the village of Wari Pampa (Huari Pampa).[1][4]

References

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


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