Wank'uchiri

Wank'uchiri (Aymara wanq'u, wank'uchi guinea pig,[2][3] -(i)ri a suffix, also spelled Huancuchiri, Huanchuchiri, Huanchochiri, Huanchuchuri) is a 5,382-metre-high (17,657 ft) mountain in the Apolobamba mountain range in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the La Paz Department, Franz Tamayo Province, Pelechuco Municipality, near the Peruvian border. Wank'uchiri is situated southwest of the mountain Chuquyu, northwest of K'iski Quta and southeast of Palumani and Such'i Lake. A little lake named Saywa Quta (Saihuacota) lies at its feet, south of it.[1][4]

Wank'uchiri
Wank'uchiri is located in Bolivia
Wank'uchiri
Wank'uchiri
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation5,382 m (17,657 ft)[1]
Coordinates14°46′37″S 69°12′58″W
Geography
LocationBolivia
Parent rangeAndes, Apolobamba

References
  1. Bolivian IGM map 1:100,000 3041 Pelechuco
  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. Guillermo Cutipa Añamuro, Chacra qarpaña: Regando la chacra, IECTA, Iquique - Chile 2005, p. 27
  4. "Pelechuco". ine.gob.bo. Retrieved December 13, 2014.


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