Rit'i Apachita | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 5,029 m (16,499 ft)[1] |
Coordinates | 14°44′39″S 69°7′02″W / 14.74417°S 69.11722°W |
Geography | |
Location | Bolivia, La Paz Department, Franz Tamayo Province, Pelechuco Municipality |
Parent range | Andes, Apolobamba |
Rit'i Apachita (Quechua, rit'i snow, Aymara and Quechua 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][3][4] Hispanicized spelling Riti Apacheta) is a 5,029-metre-high (16,499 ft) mountain in the Apolobamba mountain range in Bolivia. It is situated in the La Paz Department, Franz Tamayo Province, Pelechuco Municipality, north-west of Pelechuco. Rit'i Apachita lies northeast of the mountain Sural (Soral) and southeast of the mountain Apachita Pura Pura.
There is a little lake east of the mountain named Q'illuqucha (Quechua for "yellow lake", Quellucocha).[1][5]