Paqu Kiwuta

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Paqu Kiwuta
Paqu Kiwuta
Location in Bolivia
Elevation 5,589 m (18,337 ft)
Location
Location Bolivia,
La Paz Department, Los Andes Province, Batallas Municipality
Range Andes, Cordillera Real
Coordinates 16°5′17″S 68°20′44″W / 16.08806°S 68.34556°W / -16.08806; -68.34556Coordinates: 16°5′17″S 68°20′44″W / 16.08806°S 68.34556°W / -16.08806; -68.34556[1]
Climbing
First ascent 1-?(cairn found): N.W. face-1971.[2]

Paqu Kiwuta[3] (Aymara paqu / p'aqu light brown, reddish, fair-haired, dark chestnut,[4] kiwuta canine tooth or tusk,[5] -ta nominal Aymara suffix to indicate the direction (from), "from the brown canine (or tusk)", hispanicized spellings Pacokeuta, Paco Keuta, Pakokiuta, Pakokiwuta) is a mountain in the Andes, about 5,589 m (18,337 ft) high, located in the Cordillera Real of Bolivia in the La Paz Department, Los Andes Province, Batallas Municipality, Kirani Canton.[6] It is situated south of Wila Lluxi, south east of Mount Warawarani and north of a lake named Quta Thiya in some maps. Other prominent mountains nearby are Jisk'a Pata and Janq'u Uyu in the north and Wila Lluxita, Mullu Apachita and Pasu Mullu in the north east, all of them higher than 5,000 m.

See also

References

  1. ↑ own investigation (GE)
  2. ↑ Jill Neate, Mountaineering in the Andes, 1994
  3. ↑ summitpost.org Map of the area (north is upper left) showing "Pakokiwuta" (left side)
  4. ↑ aymara.ucb.edu.bo CAFÉ claro. Bermejo, ja. // Pelirrubio, bia. De pelo rubio. // Castaño obscuro. adj. Paqu, p'aqu, chuchi, millu.
  5. ↑ katari.org Aymara-Spanish dictionary: Kiwu (s.) - Colmillo
  6. ↑ Batallas Municipality: population data and map showing "Pacokokeuta"


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