Coordinates: 18°46′56″S 65°42′53″W / 18.78222°S 65.71472°W / -18.78222; -65.71472

Yana Qaqa (Chayanta)

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This article is about the mountain in the Chayanta Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia. For other uses, see Yana Qaqa.
Yana Qaqa
Yana Qaqa is located in Bolivia
Yana Qaqa
Yana Qaqa
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation3,944 m (12,940 ft)[1]
Coordinates18°46′56″S 65°42′53″W / 18.78222°S 65.71472°W / -18.78222; -65.71472
Geography
LocationBolivia,
Potosí Department
Parent rangeAndes

Yana Qaqa (Quechua for the place of transit of an important pass in the principal routes of the Andes; name in the Andes yana black, qaqa rock,[2] "black rock", also spelled Yana Khakha) is a 3,944-metre-high (12,940 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the Potosí Department, Chayanta Province, Ravelo Municipality. It lies southwest of the village of Wari Pampa (Huari Pampa).[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bolivia IGM map 1:50,000 Ravelo 6437-I
  2. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  3. ^ "Ravelo". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved April 17, 2016.


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