Jist'aña Explained

Jist'aña
Other Name:Pirámide Blanca
Elevation M:5260
Elevation Ref:[1]
Location:Bolivia
La Paz Department
Range:Andes, Cordillera Real
Map:Bolivia
Label Position:right
Map Size:200
Coordinates:-16.1772°N -68.2167°W
First Ascent:1964[2]

Jist'aña (Aymara for to close and for to carry bulky packages, also spelled Jisthana), also known as Pirámide Blanca[3] [4] (Spanish for "white piramid"), is a mountain in the Cordillera Real in the Bolivian Andes, about 5260m (17,260feet) high. It is situated in the La Paz Department, at the border of the Los Andes Province, Pucarani Municipality, and the Murillo Province, La Paz Municipality. Jist'aña lies between the mountain Kunturiri of the La Paz Municipality in the southeast and the peaks of Kunturiri of the Los Andes Province in the northwest. The rivers Kunturiri (Condoriri) and Jist'aña Jawira (Jistano Jahuira) originate near the mountain. Kunturiri River flows to Ch'iyar Quta, a lake southwest of Jist'aña, and Jist'aña Jawira which later is named Uma Pallqa (Uma Palca) flows to the northeast.[1] [5]

Notes and References

  1. IGM map 1:50,000 5945-II sheet Milluni
  2. Taken from Mountaineering in the Andes by Jill Neate, Bolivia, RGS-IBG Expedition Advisory Centre, 2nd edition, May 1994
  3. Web site: Pirámide Blanca 5230 m, Südwestwand. . betzgi.ch. May 16, 2015.
  4. Web site: Panorámica desde el Cerro Austria. . madteam.net. May 16, 2015.
  5. Web site: Pucarani . INE, Bolivia . November 17, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141029154208/http://www.ine.gob.bo/publicaciones/visorPdf.aspx?Codigo=021201&tipo=1 . October 29, 2014 . (unnamed)