Tanka Tanka (Aymara tanka hat or biretta,[2] the reduplication indicates that there is a group of something, "many hats (or birettas)") is a 4,643-metre-high (15,233 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the La Paz Department, Aroma Province, Sica Sica Municipality.[1][3]
Tanka Tanka | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 4,643 m (15,233 ft)[1] |
Coordinates | 17°15′41″S 67°41′27″W / 17.26139°S 67.69083°W |
Geography | |
Location | Bolivia La Paz Department |
Parent range | Andes |
References
edit- ^ a b Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Sicasica 6042-II
- ^ 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)
- ^ "Sica Sica". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved February 15, 2016.