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Mountain in Bolivia
Janq'u Uyu
Janq'u Uyu is located in BoliviaJanq'u UyuJanq'u UyuLocation in Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation5,512 m (18,084 ft)
Coordinates16°03′06″S 68°19′23″W / 16.05167°S 68.32306°W / -16.05167; -68.32306
Geography
LocationBolivia,
La Paz Department, Los Andes Province, Batallas Municipality
Parent rangeAndes, Cordillera Real
Climbing
First ascent1-1970: S.W. face-1971: S. face-1975.

Janq'u Uyu (Aymara janq'u white, uyu yard for livestock, "white yard", Hispanicized spelling Jankho Huyo, Janko Huyo) is a mountain in the Andes, about 5,512 m (18,084 ft) high, located in the Cordillera Real of Bolivia in the La Paz Department, Los Andes Province, Batallas Municipality, Chachakumani Canton on the border with Larecaja Province, Guanay Municipality, Challana Canton. It is situated at the very end of the Janq'u Quta valley between Jisk'a Pata in the north-west and Wila Lluxita in the east, north of Wila Lluxi and Phaq'u Kiwuta.

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References

  1. Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Lago Khara Kkota sheet 5945-IV
  2. Jill Neate, Mountaineering in the Andes, 1994
  3. summitpost.org Map of the area (north is upper left)
  4. 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)


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