Kuntur Chukuña (Antonio Quijarro)

Coordinates: 19°55′S 66°31′W / 19.917°S 66.517°W / -19.917; -66.517
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Kuntur Chukuña
Kuntur Chukuña is located in Bolivia
Kuntur Chukuña
Kuntur Chukuña
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation5,290 m (17,360 ft)[1]
Coordinates19°55′S 66°31′W / 19.917°S 66.517°W / -19.917; -66.517[2]
Geography
LocationBolivia,
Potosí Department, Antonio Quijarro Province, Tomave Municipality
Parent rangeAndes

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).

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  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.