Illimani
Sign in to saveIllimani () is a prominent fold mountain within the Cordillera Real of Bolivia, a subrange of the greater Andes, and located approximately southeast of La Paz. With an elevation of at its summit, it is the highest mountain in the Cordillera Real and the second-highest in Bolivia, surpassed by Nevado Sajama.
Key facts
- Mountain.language
- Aymara
- Mountain.photo
- Illimani2.JPG
- Mountain.photo_caption
- Illimani’s southwestern slopes viewed from La Paz in December 2001
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 6438
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 2451
- Mountain.range
- Cordillera Real, Andes
- Mountain.listing
- Ultra
- Mountain.name
- Illimani
- Mountain.etymology
- illi- (Aymara for “light”), and -mani ("protector")
- Mountain.country
- Bolivia
- Mountain.region
- La Paz
- Mountain.region_type
- Department
- Mountain.formed_by
- Subduction
- Mountain.map
- Bolivia
- Mountain.map_caption
- Bolivia
- Mountain.label_position
- right
- Mountain.orogeny
- Andean
- Mountain.type
- Fold
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Illimani () is a prominent fold mountain within the Cordillera Real of Bolivia, a subrange of the greater Andes, and located approximately southeast of La Paz. With an elevation of at its summit, it is the highest mountain in the Cordillera Real and the second-highest in Bolivia, surpassed by Nevado Sajama.
The mountain lies in the transitional zone between the high Altiplano plateau to the west and the deep valleys of the Yungas region to the east. Its snow-capped massif consists of four major peaks arranged on a north–south axis. Its composition is of made of metamorphic rock and intrusive granites. Its formation results from the ancient folding associated with the Andean orogeny, as with the majority of the neighboring mountains in the cordillera. The snow line lies at about above sea level, and glaciers are found on the northern face at .