Jinchupalla

Jinchupalla
Jinchupalla

Location within Bolivia

Highest point
Elevation 4,189 m (13,743 ft) [1]
Coordinates 18°37′44″S 68°39′38″W / 18.62889°S 68.66056°W / -18.62889; -68.66056Coordinates: 18°37′44″S 68°39′38″W / 18.62889°S 68.66056°W / -18.62889; -68.66056
Geography
Location Bolivia
Oruro Department, Sabaya Province, Sabaya Municipality
Parent range Andes

Jinchupalla (Aymara jinchu ear, pallaña to collect,[2] "collect ears")[3] is a 4,189-metre (13,743 ft) high mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the Oruro Department, Sabaya Province, Sabaya Municipality, south of the Lauca River.

West of Jinchupalla there are two craters named Jach'a P'iya ("big hole", Jachcha Phiya) and Jisk'a P'iya ("little hole", Jiskha Phiya). They are situated north of Wila Jaqhi (Wila Jakke) and a complex called Volcán Apagado (Spanish for "extinct volcano") or Volcán Quemado (Spanish for "burnt volcano").[1][4]

References

  1. 1 2 Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Estancia Miraflores 5838-II
  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. ↑ Historia de 100 barrios paceños contadas por los propios vecinos, 2009: ... Jinchupalla (que signifca "recoger orejas", esto porque los habitantes les cortaban las orejas a los zorros que venían a robar ovejas), ...
  4. ↑ "Sabaya". Retrieved September 21, 2014. Sabaya Municipality: population data and map


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