Waxra Apachita Explained

Waxra Apachita
Elevation M:5200
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:-16.0589°N -68.3183°W

Waxra Apachita (Aymara waxra horn, apachita the place of transit of an important pass in the principal routes of the Andes; name in the Andes for a stone cairn, a little pile of rocks built along the trail in the high mountains,[2] also spelled Wajra Apacheta) is a mountain in the Cordillera Real in the Andes of Bolivia, about 5200m (17,100feet) high. It is located in the La Paz Department, Los Andes Province, Batallas Municipality. It is situated southwest of the mountain Wila Lluxita, north of the lake Janq'u Quta, northeast of Wila Lluxi and southeast of Janq'u Uyu. The two small lakes southwest of Waxra Apachita are Muruqu Quta (Morokho Kkota) and Ch'uxña Quta ("green lake", Chojña Kkota) [1] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Lago Khara Kkota 5945-IV
  2. http://www.illa-a.org/cd/diccionarios/DicAymaraMinEduPeru.odt (Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  3. Web site: Batallas. . INE, Bolivia. November 21, 2014. (unnamed)