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Jach'a K'uchu (Bolivia)

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Mountain in Bolivia For the mountain in Peru, see Jach'a K'uchu.
Jach'a K'uchu
Jach'a K'uchu is located in BoliviaJach'a K'uchuJach'a K'uchuLocation in Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation4,508 m (14,790 ft)
Coordinates18°15′07″S 68°46′39″W / 18.25194°S 68.77750°W / -18.25194; -68.77750
Geography
LocationBolivia
Oruro Department, Sajama Province, Turco Municipality
Parent rangeAndes, Cordillera Occidental

Jach'a K'uchu (Aymara jach'a big, k'uchu corner, "big corner", also named Jachcha Khuchu, Jachcha Kuchu) is a 4,508-metre-high (14,790 ft) mountain in a volcanic field in the Cordillera Occidental of Bolivia northeast of the Chullkani volcano. It is located in the Oruro Department, Sajama Province, Turco Municipality. Jach'a K'uchu is one of five mountains which belong to the so-called Jitiri Dome.

References

  1. ^ Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Estancia Laguna 5839-III
  2. Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  3. Gabriela Vargas-Mattos, Mauro César Geraldes, Ramiro Matos Salinas, Reconstrucción geológica del volcán Chullcani (mioceno superior a plioceno superior): Consideraciónes generales sobre geoquímica y edad de las fases volcánicas, Andes Centrales de Bolivia, Revista Brasileira de Geociências, 12/2006
  4. "Turco". Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2016.
Oruro Department
Capital: Oruro
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