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Wisk'achayuq (Bolivia)

Coordinates: 19°26′47″S 64°40′04″W / 19.44639°S 64.66778°W / -19.44639; -64.66778
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Wisk'achayuq
Wisk'achayuq is located in Bolivia
Wisk'achayuq
Wisk'achayuq
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation3,800 m (12,500 ft)[1]
Coordinates19°26′47″S 64°40′04″W / 19.44639°S 64.66778°W / -19.44639; -64.66778
Geography
LocationBolivia,
Chuquisaca Department
Parent rangeAndes

Wisk'achayuq (Quechua wisk'acha viscacha -yuq a suffix,[2] "the one with viscachas", also spelled Viscachayoj, Wiscachayo) is a mountain in the Bolivian Andes which reaches a height of approximately 3,800 m (12,500 ft). It is located in the Chuquisaca Department, on the border of the Jaime Zudáñez Province, Icla Municipality, and the Tomina Province, Sopachuy Municipality.[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Estancia Jatun Mayu 6635-I
  2. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  3. ^ "Icla". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved April 22, 2016.