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Mancha (Bolivia)

Coordinates: 20°27′36″S 68°19′00″W / 20.46000°S 68.31667°W / -20.46000; -68.31667
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Mancha
Satellite image of the Uyuni salt flat (center) and Mancha (lower left)
Highest point
Elevation5,024 m (16,483 ft)[1]
Coordinates20°27′36″S 68°19′00″W / 20.46000°S 68.31667°W / -20.46000; -68.31667
Geography
Mancha is located in Bolivia
Mancha
Mancha
Location in Bolivia
LocationBolivia,
Potosí Department
Parent rangeAndes

Mancha (Quechua for fear)[2] is a 5,024-metre-high (16,483 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the Potosí Department, Daniel Campos Province, Llica Municipality. Mancha lies between the Uyuni salt flat in the east and the Napa salt flat in the west. The highest neighboring mountains are Thuwa in the west and Jaruma in the north-west.[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bolivian IGM map 1:250,000 Estancia Sinalaco 5932-IV
  2. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  3. ^ "Llica". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on October 14, 2014. Retrieved October 10, 2014.