Machaqa Marka (Cochabamba)

This article is about the mountain in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. For other uses, see Machaqa Marka.
Machaqa Marka
Machaqa Marka

Location within Bolivia

Highest point
Elevation 3,862 m (12,671 ft) [1]
Coordinates 17°34′50″S 65°24′57″W / 17.58056°S 65.41583°W / -17.58056; -65.41583Coordinates: 17°34′50″S 65°24′57″W / 17.58056°S 65.41583°W / -17.58056; -65.41583
Geography
Location Bolivia,
Cochabamba Department
Parent range Andes

Machaqa Marka (Aymara machaqa new, marka village,[2] "new village", also spelled Machacamarca) is a 3,862-metre-high (12,671 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes near a village of that name. It is located in the Cochabamba Department, Carrasco Province, Pocona Municipality, north of the UNESCO World Heritage site of Inkallaqta. Machaqa Marka lies southeast of Jatun Salla and Mama Wasi.[1][3]

Salla or Machaqa Marka is also the name of the river which originates near Jatun Salla and flows along the southern slope of Machaqa Marka. It runs to the southeast.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bolivia 1:100,000 Mizque 3835
  2. ↑ 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)
  3. ↑ "Pocona". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved April 7, 2016.


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