Kuntur Chukuña (Antonio Quijarro)
This article is about the mountain in the Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia. For other uses, see Kuntur Chukuña.
Kuntur Chukuña | |
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Kuntur Chukuña Location within Bolivia | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 5,290 m (17,360 ft) [1] |
Coordinates | 19°55′S 66°31′W / 19.917°S 66.517°WCoordinates: 19°55′S 66°31′W / 19.917°S 66.517°W [2] |
Geography | |
Location |
Bolivia, Potosí Department, Antonio Quijarro Province, Tomave Municipality |
Parent range | Andes |
Kuntur Chukuña (Aymara kunturi condor, chukuña to squat, to cower,[3][4] 'where the condor squats', also spelled Condor Chucuna, Condor Chucuña) is a mountain in the Andes of Bolivia, about 5,290 m (17,360 ft) high. It is situated in the Potosí Department, Antonio Quijarro Province, Tomave Municipality,[5] between the Uyuni salt flat in the west and the town of Porco in the east and southwest of the Nuevo Mundo volcano (Jatun Mundo Quri Warani).
See also
References
- ↑ lib.utexas.edu Map (17,356 ft)
- ↑ getamap.net "Cerro Condor Chucuña"
- ↑ "Diccionario Bilingüe, Castellano - Aymara, 2002". Félix Layme Pairumani. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
- ↑ Juan Carvajal Carvajal, Arturo Hernández Sallés, Nelly Ramos Pizarro, Diccionario Ilustrado Aymara-Español-Inglés (Aymara-Spanish-English dictionary)
- ↑ "Tomave". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
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