Jach'a T'uxu
Appearance
Jach'a T'uxu | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 5,358 m (17,579 ft)[1] |
Coordinates | 16°01′08″S 68°25′26″W / 16.01889°S 68.42389°W |
Geography | |
Location | Bolivia, La Paz Department, Los Andes Province, Batallas Municipality |
Parent range | Andes, Cordillera Real |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1983[2] |
Jach'a T'uxu or Jach'a Tuqu (Aymara jach'a big, t'uxu window, hole in the wall, tuqu goitre,[3] "big window" or "big goitre", Hispanicized spelling Jachcha Thojo) is a 5,358-metre-high (17,579 ft) mountain in the Cordillera Real in the Andes of Bolivia. It lies in the La Paz Department, Los Andes Province, Batallas Municipality.[4] Jach'a T'uxu is situated southwest of Patapatani, northwest of Wari Sipitaña, southwest of T'uxu Loma (or Tuqu Loma) and northeast of Wila Wilani.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Bolivian IGM map 1.50,000 Lago Khara Kkota
- ^ Taken from Mountaineering in the Andes by Jill Neate, Bolivia, RGS-IBG Expedition Advisory Centre, 2nd edition, May 1994
- ^ 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)
- ^ "Batallas". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on August 26, 2014. Retrieved September 8, 2014.