Machu Tanka Tanka Explained

Machu Tanka Tanka
Elevation M:4866
Elevation Ref:[1]
Location:Bolivia, Cochabamba Department, Bolívar Province
Range:Andes
Map:Bolivia
Label Position:right
Map Size:200
Coordinates:-18.0761°N -66.7125°W

Machu Tanka Tanka (possibly from Quechua machu old, Aymara tanka hat and biretta of priests, the reduplication indicates that there is a group or a complex of something, "the old one with many hats", or Machu Tanqa Tanqa (Aymara tanqa tanqa beetle,[2] "the old beetle") Hispanicized spelling Macho Tankha Tankha) is a 4866m (15,965feet) mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is situated in the Cochabamba Department, Bolívar Province. Machu Tanka Tanka lies northeast of the slightly lower mountain Wayna Tanka Tanka.[1] [3]

Notes and References

  1. BIGM map 1:50,000 6239-I Huayna Chaca
  2. Teodoro Marka M., Nociónes Basicas de Lengua Aymara, p. 21
  3. Web site: Bolívar . ine.gob.bo . September 11, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140911174035/http://www.ine.gob.bo/publicaciones/visorPdf.aspx?Codigo=031501&tipo=1 . September 11, 2014 . (unnamed, northeast of Tankha Tankha Loma)