Kuntur Chukuña (Antonio Quijarro)

Kuntur Chukuña
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°W / -19.917; -66.517Coordinates: 19°55′S 66°31′W / 19.917°S 66.517°W / -19.917; -66.517 [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

  1. ↑ lib.utexas.edu Map (17,356 ft)
  2. ↑ getamap.net "Cerro Condor Chucuña"
  3. ↑ "Diccionario Bilingüe, Castellano - Aymara, 2002". Félix Layme Pairumani. Archived from the original on September 2, 2013. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
  4. ↑ Juan Carvajal Carvajal, Arturo Hernández Sallés, Nelly Ramos Pizarro, Diccionario Ilustrado Aymara-Español-Inglés (Aymara-Spanish-English dictionary)
  5. ↑ "Tomave". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on January 1, 2014. Retrieved March 27, 2016.


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