Taruja Umaña

Taruja Umaña
Taruja Umaña

Bolivia
La Paz Department, Loayza Province

Elevation 4,852 m (15,919 ft)[1]
Location
Range Andes, Kimsa Cruz
Coordinates 16°49′04″S 67°31′33″W / 16.81778°S 67.52583°WCoordinates: 16°49′04″S 67°31′33″W / 16.81778°S 67.52583°W

Taruja Umaña (Aymara taruja deer, umaña drink, to give to drink,[2] "deer watering place", also spelled Taruca Umaña,[3] Taruca Umana[4]), also known as Taruj Umaña according to the name of the river at the mountain,[3] is a 4,852-metre (15,919 ft) high mountain in the northern part of the Kimsa Cruz mountain range in the Bolivian Andes. It is situated in the La Paz Department, Loayza Province, Cairoma Municipality. Taruja Umaña lies west of the mountain Mama Uqllu.

The river Taruj Umaña which later is called Araca originates south-east of the mountain. It flows to the west and then to the north-west as an affluent of the La Paz River.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ American Alpine Journal 1992, Climbs and Expeditions 1991
  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. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 IGM map 1:50,000 6043-I Araca
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Cairoma". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved October 28, 2014.