Mawk'a Tampu Explained

Mawk'a Tampu
Elevation M:4940
Location:Bolivia,
Potosí Department
Range:Andes, Khari Khari mountain range
Map:Bolivia
Label Position:right
Map Size:250
Coordinates:-19.5833°N -105°W

Mawk'a Tampu (Quechua mawk'a old, tampu inn, "old tampu", hispanicized spelling Maucatambo) is a mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It lies in the Potosí Department at the border of the provinces Tomás Frías and Cornelio Saavedra. Its summit reaches a height of about 4940m (16,210feet) above sea level.[1] Mawk'a Tampu is situated in the Khari Khari mountain range east of Potosí. It lies east of the Khari Khari and the Kimsa Kunturiri group and southeast of the Jatun Tiyu Lakes.

Notes and References

  1. Evelio Echevarría, Cordillera de Potosí, Bolivia, The Alpine Journal, 1995