Apachita (Potosí)
This article is about the mountain in the Potosí Department, Bolivia. For other uses, see Apachita.
Apachita | |
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Laguna Colorada and Apachita (lower right) as seen from the ISS (North is to the upper left part of this image.) | |
Highest point | |
Coordinates | 22°26′39″S 67°47′28″W / 22.44417°S 67.79111°WCoordinates: 22°26′39″S 67°47′28″W / 22.44417°S 67.79111°W |
Geography | |
Apachita Location in Bolivia | |
Location |
Bolivia, Potosí Department, Sur Lípez Province |
Parent range | Andes, Cordillera Occidental |
Apachita (Aymara for the place of transit of an important pass in the principal routes of the Andes; name for a stone cairn in the Andes, a little pile of rocks built along the trail in the high mountains,[1][2] also spelled Apacheta) is a mountain in the Cordillera Occidental in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the Potosí Department, Sur Lípez Province, San Pablo de Lípez Municipality, near the Chilean border.[3][4] Apachita lies within the borders of the Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve.[5] It is situated east of Michina.[3]
References
- ↑ http://www.illa-a.org/cd/diccionarios/DicAymaraMinEduPeru.odt (Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
- ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
- 1 2 Bolivian IGM map 1:250,000 Volcán Juriques SF-19-11
- ↑ "San Pablo de Lípez". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
- ↑ sernap.gob.bo Reserva National de Fauna Andina Eduardo Avaroa
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