Jach'a T'uxu

Jach'a T'uxu
Jach'a T'uxu

Location in Bolivia

Elevation 5,358 m (17,579 ft)[1]
Location
Location Bolivia,
La Paz Department, Los Andes Province, Batallas Municipality
Range Andes, Cordillera Real
Coordinates 16°01′08″S 68°25′26″W / 16.01889°S 68.42389°WCoordinates: 16°01′08″S 68°25′26″W / 16.01889°S 68.42389°W

Jach'a T'uxu or Jach'a Tuqu (Aymara jach'a big, t'uxu window, hole in the wall, tuqu goitre,[2] "big window" or "big goitre", hispanicized spelling Jachcha Thojo) is a 5,358-metre (17,579 ft) high mountain in the Cordillera Real in the Andes of Bolivia. It lies in the La Paz Department, Los Andes Province, Batallas Municipality.[3] Jach'a T'uxu is situated south-west of the mountain Patapatani, north-west of Wari Sipitaña, south-west of T'uxu Loma (or Tuqu Loma) and north-east of Wila Wilani.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bolivian IGM map 1.50,000 Lago Khara Kkota
  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. "Batallas". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved September 8, 2014.