Kuntur Chukuña (Antonio Quijarro)

Kuntur Chukuña
Kuntur Chukuña

Location in 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,[3] chukuña to squat, to cower,[4] "squatting condor", hispanicized spellings Condor Chucuna, Condor Chucuña) is a mountain in the Andes of Bolivia, about 5,290 metres (17,356 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 Porco in the east and south west 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. ↑ Yatiqirinaka Aru Pirwa, Lima, 2005 (Aymara-Spanish dictionary): Kunturi - Cóndor
  4. ↑ Juan Carvajal Carvajal, Arturo Hernández Sallés, Nelly Ramos Pizarro, Diccionario Ilustrado Aymara-Español-Inglés (Aymara-Spanish-English dictionary): acuclillarse: chukuña
  5. ↑ Tomave Municipality: population data and map


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