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Yana Qaqa (Chayanta)

Coordinates: 18°46′56″S 65°42′53″W / 18.78222°S 65.71472°W / -18.78222; -65.71472
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Yana Qaqa
Yana Qaqa is located in Bolivia
Yana Qaqa
Yana Qaqa
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation3,944 m (12,940 ft)[1]
Coordinates18°46′56″S 65°42′53″W / 18.78222°S 65.71472°W / -18.78222; -65.71472
Geography
LocationBolivia,
Potosí Department
Parent rangeAndes

Yana Qaqa (Quechua for the place of transit of an important pass in the principal routes of the Andes; name in the Andes yana black, qaqa rock,[2] "black rock", also spelled Yana Khakha) is a 3,944-metre-high (12,940 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the Potosí Department, Chayanta Province, Ravelo Municipality. It lies southwest of the village of Wari Pampa (Huari Pampa).[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bolivia IGM map 1:50,000 Ravelo 6437-I
  2. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  3. ^ "Ravelo". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved April 17, 2016.