Jach'a T'uxu Explained

Jach'a T'uxu
Elevation M:5358
Elevation Ref:[1]
Location:Bolivia,
La Paz Department, Los Andes Province, Batallas Municipality
Range:Andes, Cordillera Real
Map:Bolivia
Label Position:right
Map Size:200
Coordinates:-16.0189°N -68.4239°W
First Ascent:1983[2]

Jach'a T'uxu or Jach'a Tuqu (Aymara jach'a big, t'uxu window, hole in the wall, tuqu goitre, "big window" or "big goitre", Hispanicized spelling Jachcha Thojo) is a 5358m (17,579feet) mountain in the Cordillera Real in the Andes of Bolivia. It lies in the La Paz Department, Los Andes Province, Batallas Municipality.[3] Jach'a T'uxu is situated southwest of Patapatani, northwest of Wari Sipitaña, southwest of T'uxu Loma (or Tuqu Loma) and northeast of Wila Wilani.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Bolivian IGM map 1.50,000 Lago Khara Kkota
  2. Taken from Mountaineering in the Andes by Jill Neate, Bolivia, RGS-IBG Expedition Advisory Centre, 2nd edition, May 1994
  3. Web site: Batallas . INE, Bolivia . September 8, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140826160706/http://www.ine.gob.bo/publicaciones/visorPdf.aspx?Codigo=021203&tipo=1 . August 26, 2014 .