Wisk'achani (Ingavi)

Wisk'achani
Highest point
Elevation 4,585 m (15,043 ft) [1]
Coordinates 16°43′52″S 68°32′59″W / 16.73111°S 68.54972°W / -16.73111; -68.54972Coordinates: 16°43′52″S 68°32′59″W / 16.73111°S 68.54972°W / -16.73111; -68.54972 
Geography
Location Bolivia
La Paz Department
Parent range Andes, Chilla-Kimsa Chata

Wisk'achani (Aymara wisk'acha a rodent,[2] -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with the viscacha", Hispanicized spelling Viscachani) is a 4,585-metre-high (15,043 ft) mountain in the Chilla-Kimsa Chata mountain range in the Andes of Bolivia. It is situated in the La Paz Department, Ingavi Province, Jesús de Machaca Municipality, north-east of Ch'ama (Chama). Wisk'achani lies north of the mountain Imill Wawani, north-east of Jisk'a Sallalla and Sallalla and south-east of Q'ullq'uni. The river Wila Jaqhi Jahuira ("red rock river", Wila Jakke Jahuira) originates east of the mountain. It flows to the north-east.[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 IGM map 1:50,000 5843-I Sacacani
  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. ↑ "Jesús de Machaca". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved October 22, 2014. (unnamed)
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