Janq'u Apachita

Janq'u Apachita (Aymara janq'u white, 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] also spelled Janko Apacheta, Jankho Apacheta) is a 4,570-metre-high (14,990 ft) mountain in the southern part of the Chilla-Kimsa Chata mountain range in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the La Paz Department, Pacajes Province, Waldo Ballivián Municipality. Janq'u Apachita lies northeast of Wila Qullu.[1][4]

Janq'u Apachita
Janq'u Apachita is located in Bolivia
Janq'u Apachita
Janq'u Apachita
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation4,570 m (14,990 ft)[1]
Coordinates17°06′11″S 68°15′58″W
Geography
LocationBolivia,
La Paz Department
Pacajes Province
Parent rangeAndes, Chilla-Kimsa Chata

References
  1. Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Estación General Ballivián 5942-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. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. "Waldo Ballivián". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on February 6, 2016. Retrieved February 27, 2016.


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