Apachita | |
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Laguna Colorada and Apachita (lower right) as seen from the
ISS (North is to the upper left part of this image.) | |
Highest point | |
Coordinates | 22°26′39″S 67°47′28″W / 22.44417°S 67.79111°W |
Geography | |
Location |
Bolivia, Potosí Department, Sur Lípez Province |
Parent range | Andes, Cordillera Occidental |
Apachita ( Aymara for the place of transit of an important pass in the principal routes of the Andes; name for a stone cairn in the Andes, a little pile of rocks built along the trail in the high mountains, [1] [2] also spelled Apacheta) is a mountain in the Cordillera Occidental in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the Potosí Department, Sur Lípez Province, San Pablo de Lípez Municipality, near the Chilean border. [3] [4] Apachita lies within the borders of the Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve. [5] It is situated east of Michina. [3]