Suri Phuyu

Suri Phuyu
Suri Phuyu

Location in Bolivia

Elevation 5,458 m (17,907 ft)[1]
Location
Location Bolivia,
Potosí Department, Sur Lípez Province
Range Andes, Cordillera Occidental
Coordinates 22°23′09″S 67°29′26″W / 22.38583°S 67.49056°WCoordinates: 22°23′09″S 67°29′26″W / 22.38583°S 67.49056°W

Suri Phuyu (Aymara suri rhea, phuyu feather,[2] "rhea feather") is a 5,458-metre (17,907 ft) high mountain in the Cordillera Occidental in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the Potosí Department, Sur Lípez Province, San Pablo de Lípez Municipality.[3] Suri Phuyu lies within the borders of the Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve.[4] It is situated south-west of the volcano Uturunku at the Challwiri salt flat, north-east of it.[5]

References

  1. Plan de Desarrollo Municipal, Provincia Nor Lípez, Tercera Sección San Pablo de Lípez, Potosí-Bolivia (in Spanish)
  2. Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  3. "San Pablo de Lípez". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved October 7, 2014. (unnamed)
  4. sernap.gob.bo Reserva National de Fauna Andina Eduardo Avaroa
  5. Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Cerro Suriphuyo 6126-IV