Puma Apachita | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 4,920 m (16,140 ft) [1] |
Coordinates | 17°12′47″S 66°25′39″W / 17.21306°S 66.42750°W |
Geography | |
Location |
Bolivia, Cochabamba Department |
Parent range | Andes, Tunari mountain range |
Puma Apachita ( Aymara and Quechua puma cougar, puma, apachita the place of transit of an important pass in the principal routes of the Andes; a stone cairn, a little pile of rocks built along the trail in the high mountains, [2] [3] [4] also spelled Puma Apacheta) is a mountain in the Tunari mountain range of the Bolivian Andes, about 4,920 m (16,142 ft) high. It is situated in the Cochabamba Department, Quillacollo Province, Quillacollo Municipality, northwest of Cochabamba. Puma Apachita lies southeast of Jatun Q'asa. [5] [6]