Ch'uxñani

Ch'uxñani (Aymara Ch'uxña green,[2] Spanish -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with green color" or "the green one", also spelled Chojñani, Chojnani) is a 4,680-metre-high (15,354 ft) mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the La Paz Department, Larecaja Province, Sorata Municipality, in the northern extensions of the Cordillera Real southeast of the mountain Jach'a Waylla Punta. Ch'uxñani lies near the confluence of the rivers Ch'uch'u Jawira which comes from the northwest and Jach'a Uma Jawira which originates between the mountain Wila Quta and the Janq'u Uma-Illampu massif.[1][3][4]

Ch'uxñani
Ch'uxñani is located in Bolivia
Ch'uxñani
Ch'uxñani
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation4,680 m (15,350 ft)[1]
Coordinates15°45′52″S 68°30′06″W
Geography
LocationBolivia,
La Paz Department
Parent rangeAndes

References
  1. Cordillera Real Nord (Illampu) - Bolivien - 1:50 000 Deutscher Alpenverein 1987
  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. Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Sorata 5846-I
  4. "Sorata". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved December 1, 2014. (unnamed)


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