Wila Lluxita

Wila Lluxita
Wila Lluxita
Location in Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation 5,244 m (17,205 ft) [1]
Coordinates 16°3′5″S 68°17′49″W / 16.05139°S 68.29694°W / -16.05139; -68.29694Coordinates: 16°3′5″S 68°17′49″W / 16.05139°S 68.29694°W / -16.05139; -68.29694 
Geography
Location Bolivia,
La Paz Department, Larecaja Province, Guanay Municipality
Parent range Andes, Cordillera Real
Climbing
First ascent 1970[2]

Wila Lluxita (Aymara wila blood, blood-red, lluxi shell of a mussel; landslide,[3][4] -ta a suffix, also spelled Wila Luxita, Wila Llojeta, Huilallojeta) is a 5,244-metre-high (17,205 ft) mountain in the Andes. It is located in the Cordillera Real of Bolivia in the La Paz Department, Larecaja Province, Guanay Municipality. It is situated at the end of the Janq'u Quta valley between Janq'u Laya and Janq'u Uyu in the west and Mullu Apachita in the southeast, all of them higher than 5,000 m.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Lago Khara Kkota 5945-IV
  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. ↑ "Diccionario Quechua - Aymara al español". katari.org. Retrieved December 22, 2014.


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