Chinkani

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Chinkani
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Chinkani
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation 4,600 m (15,100 ft)
Coordinates 14°38′05″S69°07′59″W / 14.63472°S 69.13306°W / -14.63472; -69.13306 Coordinates: 14°38′05″S69°07′59″W / 14.63472°S 69.13306°W / -14.63472; -69.13306  
Geography
Location Bolivia
Parent range Andes

Chinkani (chinka a type of water plant, [1] Aymara -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with the chinka plant", also spelled Chincani) is a mountain east of the Apolobamba mountain range in the Andes of Bolivia, about 4,600 metres (15,092 ft) high. It is located in the La Paz Department, Franz Tamayo Province, Pelechuco Municipality. Chinkani lies northeast of the mountain Allqamarini and east of Q'umir Pata at a small lake and river named Quchapata (Khochapata). [2] [3]

Aymara language native language in South America

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Sorapata mountain in Peru

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Ichocollo (Bolivia-Peru)

Ichocollo or Ichucollo is a mountain in the Apolobamba mountain range at the border of Bolivia and Peru, about 5,423 metres (17,792 ft) high. According to the Bolivian IGM (Instituto Geográfico Militar) map and a map edited by the Peruvian Ministry of Education it is located in the La Paz Department, Franz Tamayo Province, Pelechuco Municipality, near 14°41′57″S69°14′55″W. According to reports of mountaineers, however, its position is more to the west on the Peruvian border of the Puno Region, Putina Province, Ananea District, near 14°41′30″S69°15′30″W. This information is based on a DAV (Deutscher Alpenverein) map of 1957.

References

  1. ↑ David L. Browman, Aspectos de Nutrición Prehistórica en la Cuenca del Lago Titicaca, Revista "Diálogo Andino" No 2 - 1983, Departamento de Historia y Geografía, Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica-Chile
  2. ↑ Bolivian IGM map 1:100,000 3041 Pelechuco
  3. ↑ "Pelechuco". ine.gob.bo. Archived from the original on December 7, 2014. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
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