Mullu Apachita | |
Elevation M: | 5368 |
Elevation Ref: | [1] |
Location: | Bolivia, La Paz Department, Los Andes Province, Batallas Municipality |
Range: | Andes, Cordillera Real |
Map: | Bolivia |
Label Position: | right |
Map Size: | 200 |
Coordinates: | -16.0644°N -68.2889°W |
Mullu Apachita[1] (Aymara mullu colored stone like a coral with which they make necklaces, 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,[2] Hispanicized spelling Mullu Apacheta) is a mountain in the Cordillera Real in the Andes of Bolivia, about 5368m (17,612feet) high. It is located in the La Paz Department at the border of the Larecaja Province, Guanay Municipality, and the Los Andes Province, Batallas Municipality.[3] It is situated southeast of the mountains Wila Lluxita and Janq'u Uyu.