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South America / Bolivia / Rit'i Apachita
Record SL-860330 · Wikidata Q18390490

Rit'i Apachita

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Elevation
5,029 m
16,499 ft
Prominence
Isolation
Coordinates
14.7442° S, 69.1172° W
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Description

Wikipedia

Rit'i Apachita (Quechua, rit'i snow, Aymara and Quechua apachita the place of transit of an important pass in the principal routes of the Andes; name in the Andes for a stone cairn, a little pile of rocks built along the trail in the high mountains, Hispanicized spelling Riti Apacheta) is a 5,029-metre-high (16,499 ft) mountain in the Apolobamba mountain range in Bolivia. It is situated in the La Paz Department, Franz Tamayo Province, Pelechuco Municipality, north-west of Pelechuco. Rit'i Apachita lies northeast of the mountain Sural (Soral) and southeast of the mountain Apachita Pura Pura. There is a little lake east of the mountain named Q'illuqucha (Quechua for "yellow lake", Quellucocha).

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Neighbouring summits

Name Elevation Bearing Distance
Ascarani 5,580 m SW 222° 4.0 km
Apachita Pura Pura 5,360 m NW 301° 4.3 km