Janq'u Uma

The mountain Ancohuma (also Jankhouma, Janq'uma; Aymara: Janq'u Uma: white water) is located in the Andes in Bolivia and east of Lake Titicaca in the north of the capital, La Paz, with 6425 meters, it is the third highest mountain in Bolivia and the second highest the Cordillera Real. He belongs to the mountain massif of Illampú. Sometimes also the name of Nevado de Sorata is used after the small town of Sorata on the western slopes of the Massif Illampú for the massif.

Height

Information on the amount of Ancohuma have fluctuated in the past between 6550 m and 6423 m and 6550 m would be the Ancohuma before the Sajama, the highest mountain in Bolivia. In July 2005, a 23 -member expedition of " Outpost Wilderness Adventure " and " Bear Creek Survey Service " (Colorado, USA) is gone with the help of a 14 -kg GPS equipment these contradictory altitude information from the ground. The results of their measurements is an elevation of 6425 m.

Geography

The Cordillera Real is composed of plutonic rocks from the Paleozoic, in which until the time of the Tertiary plutonic rocks intruded more during the Mesozoic. These plutonic rocks have been exposed by erosion in the Quaternary and Tertiary and now form the summit of Illampú Massif and the Illimani. The Ancohuma is open all year covered with snow, the snow line is at 5200 m.