Wisk'achani (Sud Yungas)

This article is about the mountain in the Sud Yungas Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia. For other uses, see Wisk'achani.
Wisk'achani
Wisk'achani is located in Bolivia
Wisk'achani
Wisk'achani
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation4,088 m (13,412 ft)[1]
Coordinates16°38′27″S 67°42′39″W / 16.64083°S 67.71083°W / -16.64083; -67.71083
Geography
LocationBolivia,
La Paz Department, Sud Yungas Province
Parent rangeAndes

Wisk'achani (Aymara wisk'acha a rodent,[2] -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with the viscacha (or viscachas)", Hispanicized spelling Viscachani) is a 4,088-metre-high (13,412 ft) mountain in the eastern extensions of the Cordillera Real in the Andes of Bolivia. It is situated in the La Paz Department, Sud Yungas Province, Irupana Municipality. Wisk'achani lies west of the Illimani massif, northeast of Link'u Link'u.[1][3]

The Illimani massif with Link'u Link'u (center). Wisk'achani (on the right) is hidden by the clouds.
  1. ^ a b Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Lambate 6044-II
  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. ^ "Irupana". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved May 21, 2015.