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Jisk'a Turini (
Aymara Aymara may refer to: Languages and people * Aymaran languages, the second most widespread Andean language ** Aymara language, the main language within that family ** Central Aymara, the other surviving branch of the Aymara(n) family, which today ...
''jisk'a'' small, ''turi'' tower, ''-ni'' a suffix, ''
Turini Turini (Aymara ''turi'' tower, ''-ni'' a suffix, "the one with a tower", also spelled ''Torrini'') is a mountain in the Bolivian Andes which reaches a height of approximately . It is located in the La Paz Department, Loayza Province, Cairoma ...
'' a neighboring mountain, "little Turini", "the little one with a tower" or "the one with a little tower", also spelled ''Jiskha Torrini'') is a mountain in the Cordillera Real in the
Andes The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountains (; ) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is long, wide (widest between 18°S – 20°S ...
of
Bolivia , image_flag = Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg , flag_alt = Horizontal tricolor (red, yellow, and green from top to bottom) with the coat of arms of Bolivia in the center , flag_alt2 = 7 × 7 square p ...
. It is located in the La Paz Department, Los Andes Province, in the northeast of the
Batallas Municipality Batallas Municipality is the third municipal section of the Los Andes Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Batallas. Geography The Cordillera Real traverses the Batallas Municipality. Some of the highest mountains of ...
. Jisk'a Turini is situated southwest of
Turini Turini (Aymara ''turi'' tower, ''-ni'' a suffix, "the one with a tower", also spelled ''Torrini'') is a mountain in the Bolivian Andes which reaches a height of approximately . It is located in the La Paz Department, Loayza Province, Cairoma ...
and southeast of
Mullu Apachita Mullu Apachita (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 b ...
. The lakes named Juri Quta and Ch'uxña Quta ("green lake", ''Chojña Kkota'') lie between Mullu Apachita and Jisk'a Turini.


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Mountains of La Paz Department (Bolivia) {{LaPazBO-geo-stub