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Chacaltaya
Mountain in Bolivia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chacaltaya (Mollo language for "bridge of winds" or "winds meeting point"[citation needed], Aymara for "cold road"[1][dubious – discuss]) is a mountain in the Cordillera Real, one of the mountain ranges of the Cordillera Oriental, itself a range of the Bolivian Andes. Its elevation is 5,421 meters (17,785 ft). Chacaltaya's glacier — which was as old as 18,000 years — had an area of 0.22 km2 (0.085 sq mi) in 1940, which had been reduced to 0.01 km2 (0.0039 sq mi) in 2007 and was completely gone by 2009.[2][3][4] Half of the meltdown, as measured by volume, took place before 1980.[5] The final meltdown after 1980, due to missing precipitation and the warm phase of El Niño, resulted in the glacier's disappearance in 2009.[6] The glacier was located about 30 kilometers (19 mi) from La Paz, near Huayna Potosí mountain.
Chacaltaya | |
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![]() Chacaltaya peak, October 2012 | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 5,421 m (17,785 ft) |
Coordinates | 16°21′12″S 68°07′53″W |
Geography | |
Location | La Paz Department, Bolivia |
Parent range | Cordillera Real, Andes |
Geology | |
Mountain type | Fold mountain |
Climbing | |
Easiest route | Walk up |