Jach'a T'uxu

Coordinates: 16°01′08″S 68°25′26″W / 16.01889°S 68.42389°W / -16.01889; -68.42389
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Jach'a T'uxu
Jach'a T'uxu is located in Bolivia
Jach'a T'uxu
Jach'a T'uxu
Location in Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation5,358 m (17,579 ft)[1]
Coordinates16°01′08″S 68°25′26″W / 16.01889°S 68.42389°W / -16.01889; -68.42389
Geography
LocationBolivia,
La Paz Department, Los Andes Province, Batallas Municipality
Parent rangeAndes, Cordillera Real
Climbing
First ascent1983[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]

  1. ^ a b Bolivian IGM map 1.50,000 Lago Khara Kkota
  2. ^ Taken from Mountaineering in the Andes by Jill Neate, Bolivia, RGS-IBG Expedition Advisory Centre, 2nd edition, May 1994
  3. ^ 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)
  4. ^ "Batallas". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on August 26, 2014. Retrieved September 8, 2014.