Wisk'achani (Ingavi)

This article is about the mountain in the Ingavi Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia. For other uses, see Wisk'achani.
Wisk'achani
Highest point
Elevation4,585 m (15,043 ft)[1]
Coordinates16°43′52″S 68°32′59″W / 16.73111°S 68.54972°W / -16.73111; -68.54972
Geography
LocationBolivia
La Paz Department
Parent rangeAndes, Chilla-Kimsa Chata

Wisk'achani (Aymara wisk'acha a rodent,[2] -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with the viscacha", Hispanicized spelling Viscachani) is a 4,585-metre-high (15,043 ft) mountain in the Chilla-Kimsa Chata mountain range in the Andes of Bolivia. It is situated in the La Paz Department, Ingavi Province, Jesús de Machaca Municipality, north-east of Ch'ama (Chama). Wisk'achani lies north of the mountain Imill Wawani, north-east of Jisk'a Sallalla and Sallalla and south-east of Q'ullq'uni. The river Wila Jaqhi Jahuira ("red rock river", Wila Jakke Jahuira) originates east of the mountain. It flows to the north-east.[1][3]

  1. ^ a b IGM map 1:50,000 5843-I Sacacani
  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. ^ "Jesús de Machaca". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved October 22, 2014. (unnamed)