Imasiña

Imasiña
Imasiña

Location in Bolivia

Highest point
Elevation 5,458 m (17,907 ft)[1]
Coordinates 16°00′41″S 68°21′36″W / 16.01139°S 68.36000°W / -16.01139; -68.36000Coordinates: 16°00′41″S 68°21′36″W / 16.01139°S 68.36000°W / -16.01139; -68.36000
Geography
Location Bolivia,
La Paz Department
Parent range Andes, Cordillera Real
Climbing
First ascent 1983[2]

Imasiña (Aymara for "to hide",[3] also spelled Himaciña) is a 5,458-metre-high (17,907 ft) mountain in the Cordillera Real in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the La Paz Department at the border of the Larecaja Province, Guanay Municipality, and the Los Andes Province, Pucarani Municipality. Imasiña lies northwest of Jisk'a Pata and northeast of Wari Umaña.[1][4]

References

  1. 1 2 Bolivian IGM map 1.50,000 Lago Khara Kkota
  2. Taken from Mountaineering in the Andes by Jill Neate, Bolivia, RGS-IBG Expedition Advisory Centre, 2nd edition, May 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. "Guanay". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved May 19, 2015.(unnamed)
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