Machu Such'i Qhuchi

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Machu Such'i Qhuchi
Machu Such'i Qhuchi
Location in Bolivia
Elevation 5,679 m (18,632 ft)[1]
Location
Location Bolivia
La Paz Department, Franz Tamayo Province
Range Andes, Apolobamba mountain range
Coordinates 14°45′S 69°12′W / 14.750°S 69.200°W / -14.750; -69.200Coordinates: 14°45′S 69°12′W / 14.750°S 69.200°W / -14.750; -69.200[1]

Machu Such'i Qhuchi, also Machu Such'i Q'uchi (a combination of Quechua and Aymara, machu old,[2] such'i a species of pencil catfish,[3][4] qhuchi or q'uchi wetlands[5][6] "old such'i wetlands", hispanicized spellings Machu Suchi Cuchi, Matchu Suchi Cuchi, Machu Suchi Coochi, Matchu Sochi Conchi) is a mountain in the Apolobamba mountain range in the Bolivian Andes, about 5,679 metres (18,632 ft) high.[7] It is situated in the La Paz Department, Franz Tamayo Province, Pelechuco Municipality, east of Lake Suches near the border to Peru.[8]

Map of the Apolobamba mountain range showing Lake Suches. Machu Such'i Qhuchi is situated east of it.

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Matchu Sochi Conchi". mapcarta.com. Retrieved 2012-11-29. 
  2. ↑ Quechua dictionary (ucb.edu.bo): MACHU. adj. y s. m. Viejo. Hombre de mucha edad. MACHU. s. m. Anciano. Viejo. // adj. Decrépito.
  3. ↑ Ulpian Ricardo López García, Diversidad Biológica y lenguas del altiplano de Oruro: Metamorfosis de la lengua uru y resistenia a los cambios (Spanish), p. 372: Castellano: Suche - denominación cientifica: Trichomycterus dispar - aimara: Such'i
  4. ↑ katari.org Aymara-Spanish dictionary: Such'i / Sich'i (s.) - Especie de roldana hecha de madera. Pez de agua dulce. (English: a type of rope roll made out of wood. Freshwater fish.
  5. ↑ aymara.ucb.edu.bo Félix Layme Pairumani, Spanish-Aymara dictionary: CHARCO de agua de poca profundidad y con pastos que sobresalen por la superficie (7). adj. Qhuchi.]
  6. ↑ Claudette Kemper Columbus, Madre-padre-criatura: el dios andino transcorriente, Wiracocha, p. 61: ... name for a parcel of land containing water, a damp and watery place, also called q'uchi or uma q'uchi.
  7. ↑ www.andes.org.uk / Antikunapi 5.500 m - 6.000 m urqukuna
  8. ↑ John Biggar, Los Andes - Una Guía para Escaladores, p. 130: Map


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