Janq'u_Uyu

Janq'u Uyu

Janq'u Uyu

Mountain in Bolivia

Janq'u Uyu[3] (Aymara janq'u white, uyu yard for livestock,[4] "white yard", Hispanicized spelling Jankho Huyo, Janko Huyo) is a mountain in the Andes, about 5,512 m (18,084 ft) high, located in the Cordillera Real of Bolivia in the La Paz Department, Los Andes Province, Batallas Municipality, Chachakumani Canton on the border with Larecaja Province, Guanay Municipality, Challana Canton. It is situated at the very end of the Janq'u Quta valley between Jisk'a Pata in the north-west and Wila Lluxita in the east, north of Wila Lluxi and Phaq'u Kiwuta.

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  1. [1]
    Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Lago Khara Kkota sheet 5945-IV
  2. [2]
    Jill Neate, Mountaineering in the Andes, 1994
  3. [3]
    summitpost.org Map of the area (north is upper left)
  4. [4]
    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)


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