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Rit'i Apachita

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Parent range
  
Andes, Apolobamba

Elevation
  
5,029 m

Rit'i Apachita

Location
  
Bolivia, La Paz Department, Franz Tamayo Province, Pelechuco Municipality

Mountain range
  
Andes, Cordillera Apolobamba

Rit'i Apachita (Quechua, rit'i snow, Aymara and Quechua apachita the place of transit of an important pass in the principal routes of the Andes; name in the Andes for a stone cairn, a little pile of rocks built along the trail in the high mountains, Hispanicized spelling Riti Apacheta) is a 5,029 metres (16,499 ft) high mountain in the Apolobamba mountain range in Bolivia. It is situated in the La Paz Department, Franz Tamayo Province, Pelechuco Municipality, north-west of Pelechuco. Rit'i Apachita lies northeast of the mountain Sural (Soral) and southeast of the mountain Apachita Pura Pura.

Map of Rit'i Apachita, Bolivia

There is a little lake east of the mountain named Q'illuqucha (Quechua for "yellow lake", Quellucocha).

References

Rit'i Apachita Wikipedia