Apachita (Potosí)

Apachita (Aymara for the place of transit of an important pass in the principal routes of the Andes; name for a stone cairn in the Andes, a little pile of rocks built along the trail in the high mountains,[1][2] also spelled Apacheta) is a mountain in the Cordillera Occidental in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the Potosí Department, Sur Lípez Province, San Pablo de Lípez Municipality, near the Chilean border.[3][4] Apachita lies within the borders of the Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve.[5] It is situated east of Michina.[3]

This article is about the mountain in the Potosí Department, Bolivia. For other uses, see Apachita.
Apachita
Laguna Colorada and Apachita (lower right) as seen from the ISS (North is to the upper left part of this image.)
Highest point
Coordinates22°26′39″S 67°47′28″W 
Geography
Apachita
Location in Bolivia
LocationBolivia,
Potosí Department, Sur Lípez Province
Parent rangeAndes, Cordillera Occidental

References
  1. http://www.illa-a.org/cd/diccionarios/DicAymaraMinEduPeru.odt (Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  2. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. Bolivian IGM map 1:250,000 Volcán Juriques SF-19-11
  4. "San Pablo de Lípez". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on January 28, 2016. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
  5. sernap.gob.bo Reserva National de Fauna Andina Eduardo Avaroa


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