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Wisk'achani (Ingavi)

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Elevation
  
4,585 m

Wisk'achani (Ingavi)

Location
  
Bolivia La Paz Department

Parent range
  
Andes, Chilla-Kimsa Chata

Mountain range
  
Andes, Chilla-Kimsa Chata mountain range

Wisk'achani (Aymara wisk'acha a rodent, -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with the viscacha", hispanicized spelling Viscachani) is a 4,585-metre (15,043 ft) high mountain in the Chilla-Kimsa Chata mountain range in the Andes of Bolivia. It is situated in the La Paz Department, Ingavi Province, Jesús de Machaca Municipality, north-east of Ch'ama (Chama). Wisk'achani lies north of the mountain Imill Wawani, north-east of Jisk'a Sallalla and Sallalla and south-east of Q'ullq'uni. The river Wila Jaqhi Jahuira ("red rock river", Wila Jakke Jahuira) originates east of the mountain. It flows to the north-east.

Map of Wisk'achani, Bolivia

References

Wisk'achani (Ingavi) Wikipedia