Pukintika

Pukintika

Arintika (left) and Pukintika (right) as seen from Polloquere hot springs area.
Elevation 5,407 m (17,740 ft)[1]
Location
Pukintika

Location in Bolivia, on the border with Chile

Location Bolivia-Chile
Range Andes, Cordillera Occidental
Coordinates 18°44′S 68°59′W / 18.733°S 68.983°WCoordinates: 18°44′S 68°59′W / 18.733°S 68.983°W

Pukintika (Aymara puki white soil,[2] tika adobe,[3] hispanicized spellings Puguintica, Puquintica, Poquentica, Puquentica) is a volcano[4] in the Andes, about 5,407 m (17,740 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 the Oruro Department of Bolivia (in Sabaya Province, Sabaya Municipality, Julo Canton).[5] Pukintika lies to the north of the Salar de Surire, east beside Arintika volcano.

Map showing Pukintika on the border of Bolivia and Chile

See also

References

  1. "Cerro Puquintica". mapcarta.com. Retrieved 2012-11-25.
  2. Germán Mendoza Aruquipa, Toponimias aymara de la Marka Wiyacha. Qamasa, Revista de la carrera de historia, Universidad Indígena Tawantinsuyu Ajlla, No. 2, 2011 (in Spanish): " ... aymara: Puki uta y su significado es Casa de Poque o tierra blanca. (Note: uta - house, puki uta - house of poque or 'white soil')
  3. www.illa-a.org: Tika - Adobe
  4. 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
  5. Sabaya Municipality: population data and map