Urqipi

Urqipi
Urqipi is visible in the upper right part of this satellite image. Sajama volcano is shown in the lower center.
Highest point
Elevation 4,230 m (13,880 ft) [1]
Coordinates 17°46′26″S 68°55′20″W / 17.77389°S 68.92222°W / -17.77389; -68.92222Coordinates: 17°46′26″S 68°55′20″W / 17.77389°S 68.92222°W / -17.77389; -68.92222 
Geography
Urqipi
Location within Bolivia
Location Bolivia,
La Paz Department
Parent range Andes

Urqipi (Aymara urqu male, ipi a small wild potato,[2] also spelled Orkhepi) is a 4,230-metre-high (13,878 ft) mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It lies in the La Paz Department, Pacajes Province, Calacoto Municipality, north of the Anallajsi volcano. It is located at the Achuta River, north-east of the mountain Pukara and north of the mountain Churi Willk'i. [1][3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Estancia Huancarama 5840-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. ↑ "Calacoto". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved November 8, 2014.


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