Warawarani (Bolivia)

This article is about the mountain in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. For other uses, see Warawarani.
Warawarani
Warawarani is located in Bolivia
Warawarani
Warawarani
Location in Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation5,542 m (18,182 ft)[1]
Coordinates16°4′03″S 68°21′27″W / 16.06750°S 68.35750°W / -16.06750; -68.35750
Geography
LocationBolivia,
La Paz Department, Los Andes Province, Batallas Municipality
Parent rangeAndes, Cordillera Real
Climbing
First ascent1975[2]

Warawarani (Aymara warawara star,[3] -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with a star", also spelled Wara Warani) is an about 5,542-metre-high (18,182 ft) mountain at a small lake of the same name in the Cordillera Real in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the La Paz Department, Los Andes Province, Batallas Municipality,[4] Chachacomani Canton. It is situated north and northwest of Phaq'u Kiwuta and Wila Lluxi and northeast of Qala T'uxu.

  1. ^ Bolivian IGM map 1.50,000 Lago Khara Kkota
  2. ^ Taken from Mountaineering in the Andes by Jill Neate, Bolivia, RGS-IBG Expedition Advisory Centre, 2nd edition, May 1994
  3. ^ 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)
  4. ^ "Batallas". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved August 22, 2014.