Uqi Uqini

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Uqi Uqini
Uqi Uqini
Location in Bolivia, on the border with Chile
Elevation 5,490 m (18,012 ft)
Location
Location Bolivia-Chile
Range Andes, Cordillera Occidental
Coordinates 18°19′S 69°2′W / 18.317°S 69.033°W / -18.317; -69.033Coordinates: 18°19′S 69°2′W / 18.317°S 69.033°W / -18.317; -69.033

Uqi Uqini (Aymara uqi uqi a species of plant,[1] uqi brown, grey brown,[2] -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one that has got the uqi uqi plant" or "the one with the Uqi Uqi plant", hispanicized spelling Oke Okeni) is a volcano[3] in the Andes, about 5,490 m (18,012  ft) high, situated in the Cordillera Occidental on the border of Bolivia and Chile. It is located in the Arica and Parinacota Region of Chile and in the Oruro Department of Bolivia, in the Sajama Province, Turku Municipality, Chachakumani Canton.[4] Uqi Uqini lies south of National Route 4 near the Chungara-Tambo Quemado pass and north of the mountains Sura K'uchu, Umurata, Acotango and Capurata.

Map showing Uqi Uqini on the border of Bolivia and Chile

Uqi Uqini was formed in the middle of Miocene to Pliocene just like the volcanoes Asu Asuni, Mount Kunturiri and the Kimsa Chata complex.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ Gabriel Martínez, Toponimos de Chuani: Organisación y significación del Territorio (in Spanish): " ... Oqe Oqen(i) Pampa - La pampa con oqe-oqe ... la pampa "con oqe-oqe", una planta así llamada ..." p. 57 (Note: Instead of the letter "o" as in oqe the letter "u" must be used: (uqi). The three vowel system (a-i-u) is obligatory now (unified Aymara, official language by decrete DS-20227 in Bolivia).
  2. ↑ www.illa-a.org: Uqi - De color pardo.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Gabriela Vargas-Mattos, Mauro César Geraldes, Ramiro Matos Salinas, Reconstrucción geológica del volcán Chullcani (mioceno superior a plioceno superior): Consideraciónes generales sobre geoquímica y edad de las fases volcánicas, Andes Centrales de Bolivia, Revista Brasileira de Geociências, 12/2006". 
  4. ↑ Turku Municipality: population data and map


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