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Mañasu (Bolivia)

Coordinates: 17°54′21″S 68°10′44″W / 17.90583°S 68.17889°W / -17.90583; -68.17889
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Mañasu
Mañasu is located in Bolivia
Mañasu
Mañasu
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation4,171 m (13,684 ft)[1]
Coordinates17°54′21″S 68°10′44″W / 17.90583°S 68.17889°W / -17.90583; -68.17889
Geography
LocationBolivia, Oruro Department
Parent rangeAndes

Mañasu (Aymara for butcher,[2] also spelled Mañazo) is a 4,171-metre-high (13,684 ft) mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the Oruro Department, San Pedro de Totora Province. The Juch'us Jawira ("slim river") originates at the mountain. It flows to the northwest.[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Huacanapi 5940-II
  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. ^ "Totora". Archived from the original on April 14, 2016. Retrieved April 12, 2016.