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Paqu Kiwuta
Paqu Kiwuta is located in Bolivia
Paqu Kiwuta
Paqu Kiwuta
Location in Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation5,589 m (18,337 ft)[1]
Geography
LocationBolivia,
La Paz Department, Los Andes Province, Batallas Municipality
RegionBO
Parent rangeAndes, Cordillera Real
Climbing
First ascent1-?(cairn found): N.W. face-1971.[2]

Paqu Kiwuta (Aymara paqu / p'aqu light brown, reddish, fair-haired, dark chestnut,[3] kiwuta canine tooth or tusk,[4] -ta nominal Aymara suffix to indicate the direction (from), "from the brown canine (or tusk)", other spellings Pacokeuta, Paco Keuta, Pakokiuta, Pakokiwuta) is a mountain in the Andes, about 5,589 m (18,337 ft) high. It is located in the Cordillera Real of Bolivia in the La Paz Department, Los Andes Province, Batallas Municipality, Kirani Canton.[1][5] It is situated south-west of the mountain Wila Lluxi, south-east of Warawarani and north of a lake named Quta Thiya in some maps. Other prominent mountains nearby are Jisk'a Pata and Janq'u Uyu in the north, and Wila Lluxita and Mullu Apachita in the north-east, all of them higher than 5,000 m.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Cordillera Real Topographical Map, Bolivia". summitpost.org. Retrieved August 22, 2014. (north is upper left)
  2. ^ Jill Neate, Mountaineering in the Andes, 1994
  3. ^ aymara.ucb.edu.bo CAFÉ claro. Bermejo, ja. // Pelirrubio, bia. De pelo rubio. // Castaño obscuro. adj. Paqu, p'aqu, chuchi, millu.
  4. ^ katari.org Aymara-Spanish dictionary: Kiwu (s.) - Colmillo
  5. ^ "Batallas". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved August 22, 2014.