Jach'a K'uchu (Bolivia)

For the mountain in Peru, see Jach'a K'uchu.
Jach'a K'uchu
Jach'a K'uchu

Location in Bolivia

Highest point
Elevation 4,508 m (14,790 ft) [1]
Coordinates 18°15′07″S 68°46′39″W / 18.25194°S 68.77750°W / -18.25194; -68.77750Coordinates: 18°15′07″S 68°46′39″W / 18.25194°S 68.77750°W / -18.25194; -68.77750
Geography
Location Bolivia
Oruro Department, Sajama Province, Turco Municipality
Parent range Andes, Cordillera Occidental

Jach'a K'uchu (Aymara jach'a big, k'uchu corner,[2] "big corner", also named Jachcha Khuchu, Jachcha Kuchu) is a 4,508-metre-high (14,790 ft) mountain in a volcanic field in the Cordillera Occidental of Bolivia northeast of the Chullkani volcano.[3] It is located in the Oruro Department, Sajama Province, Turco Municipality.[4] Jach'a K'uchu is one of five mountains which belong to the so-called Jitiri Dome.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Estancia Laguna 5839-III
  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. ↑ Gabriela Vargas-Mattos, Mauro César Geraldes, Ramiro Matos Salinas, Reconstrucción geológica del volcán Chullcani (mioceno superior a plioceno superior): Consideraciónes generales sobre geoquímica y edad de las fases volcánicas, Andes Centrales de Bolivia, Revista Brasileira de Geociências, 12/2006
  4. ↑ "Turco". Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2016.
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