Coordinates: 18°15′07″S 68°46′39″W / 18.25194°S 68.77750°W / -18.25194; -68.77750

Jach'a K'uchu (Bolivia)

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Jach'a K'uchu
Jach'a K'uchu is located in Bolivia
Jach'a K'uchu
Jach'a K'uchu
Location in Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation4,508 m (14,790 ft)[1]
Coordinates18°15′07″S 68°46′39″W / 18.25194°S 68.77750°W / -18.25194; -68.77750
Geography
LocationBolivia
Oruro Department, Sajama Province, Turco Municipality
Parent rangeAndes, Cordillera Occidental

Jach'a K'uchu (Aymara jach'a big, k'uchu corner,[2] "big corner", also named Jachcha Khuchu, Jachcha Kuchu) is a 4,508-metre-high (14,790 ft) mountain in a volcanic field in the Cordillera Occidental of Bolivia northeast of the Chullkani volcano.[3] It is located in the Oruro Department, Sajama Province, Turco Municipality.[4] Jach'a K'uchu is one of five mountains which belong to the so-called Jitiri Dome.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Estancia Laguna 5839-III
  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. ^ Gabriela Vargas-Mattos, Mauro César Geraldes, Ramiro Matos Salinas, Reconstrucción geológica del volcán Chullcani (mioceno superior a plioceno superior): Consideraciónes generales sobre geoquímica y edad de las fases volcánicas, Andes Centrales de Bolivia, Revista Brasileira de Geociências, 12/2006
  4. ^ "Turco". Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2016.