Phaq'u Kiwuta
Phaq'u Kiwuta is located in Bolivia
Phaq'u Kiwuta
Phaq'u Kiwuta
Location in Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation5,589 m (18,337 ft)[1]
Coordinates16°5′17″S 68°20′44″W / 16.08806°S 68.34556°W / -16.08806; -68.34556
Geography
LocationBolivia,
La Paz Department, Los Andes Province, Batallas Municipality
Parent rangeAndes, Cordillera Real
Climbing
First ascent1-?(cairn found): N.W. face-1971.[2]

Phaq'u Kiwuta (Aymara phaq'u, paqu, p'aqu light brown, reddish, blond, dark chestnut, kiwu canine tooth or tusk,[3][4] -ta a suffix, 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. 1 2 "Cordillera Real Topographical Map, Bolivia". summitpost.org. Retrieved August 22, 2014. (north is upper left)
  2. Jill Neate, Mountaineering in the Andes, 1994
  3. Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  4. aymara.ucb.edu.bo Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine Aymara-Spanish dictionary
  5. "Batallas". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on August 26, 2014. Retrieved August 22, 2014.


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