Sajama Mountain (English spelling)

Japanese: サハマ[山]（英語表記）Nevado Sajama

An extinct volcano in the Western Andes of Bolivia. At 6,520 meters above sea level, it is the highest peak in the Western Andes of the country. The summit is covered with a glacier. The snow line is about 6,000 meters above sea level. When viewed from a distance, it is a well-formed stratovolcano with a relative height of 2,300 meters, which makes it suitable for being called the Bolivian Fuji, but most of the mountain is carved into a fairly deep U-shaped valley. The cirque bottom is found at an altitude of 4,700 to 4,800 meters. It belongs to Oruro Department, but is about 200 km west of the mining city of Oruro. At the western foot of the mountain is the village of the same name, Sajama (population about 1,000).

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

ボリビアの西アンデス山系中の死火山。標高6520mで同国の西アンデス山系中の最高峰。山頂部は氷河に覆われている。雪線高度は約6000m。遠望するとボリビア富士と呼んでもよいほど形の整った比高二千数百mの成層火山であるが，山体の大部分はかなり深いU字谷に刻まれている。圏谷底は4700～4800mのところに見いだされる。オルロ県に属するが，鉱山都市オルロより西へ約200km離れている。西麓に同名の村，サハマ(人口約1000)がある。

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