Jisk'a Turini

Jisk'a Turini
Jisk'a Turini

Location within Bolivia

Highest point
Elevation 4,905 m (16,093 ft)[1]
Coordinates 16°04′18″S 68°15′32″W / 16.07167°S 68.25889°W / -16.07167; -68.25889Coordinates: 16°04′18″S 68°15′32″W / 16.07167°S 68.25889°W / -16.07167; -68.25889
Geography
Location Bolivia,
La Paz Department
Parent range Andes, Cordillera Real

Jisk'a Turini (Aymara jisk'a small, turi tower,[2] -ni a suffix, Turini a neighboring mountain, "little Turini", "the little one with a tower" or "the one with a little tower", also spelled Jiskha Torrini) is a 4,905-metre-high (16,093 ft) mountain in the Cordillera Real in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the La Paz Department, Los Andes Province, in the northeast of the Batallas Municipality. Jisk'a Turini is situated southwest of Turini and southeast of Mullu Apachita. The lakes named Juri Quta and Ch'uxña Quta ("green lake", Chojña Kkota) lie between Mullu Apachita and Jisk'a Turini.[1][3]

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) see: Torre
  3. "Batallas". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved November 3, 2014. (unnamed)


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