Inka Pukara (Cochabamba)

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

Location within Bolivia

Highest point
Elevation 4,422 m (14,508 ft) [1]
Coordinates 17°52′30″S 66°29′15″W / 17.87500°S 66.48750°W / -17.87500; -66.48750Coordinates: 17°52′30″S 66°29′15″W / 17.87500°S 66.48750°W / -17.87500; -66.48750
Geography
Location Bolivia,
Cochabamba Department
Parent range Andes

Inka Pukara (Aymara and Quechua Inka Inca, pukara fortress,[2][3] "Inka fortress", also spelled Inca Pucara) is a 4,422-metre-high (14,508 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the Cochabamba Department, Arque Province, Tacopaya Municipality, southeast of Tacopaya.[1][4]

References

  1. 1 2 Bolivia 1:100,000 Tarata 3635, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
  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. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ "Tacopaya". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved March 30, 2016.


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