Jatun Kunturiri

Jatun Kunturiri
Jatun Kunturiri

Location in Bolivia

Highest point
Elevation 5,008 m (16,430 ft) [1]
Coordinates 19°43′12″S 65°38′13″W / 19.72000°S 65.63694°W / -19.72000; -65.63694Coordinates: 19°43′12″S 65°38′13″W / 19.72000°S 65.63694°W / -19.72000; -65.63694
Geography
Location Bolivia,
Potosí Department
Parent range Andes, Potosí mountain range

Jatun Kunturiri (Quechua hatun, in Bolivia always jatun big, great,[2] Aymara kunturi condor,[3] -ri Aymara suffix, hispanicized spellings Jatun Condoriri, Jatún Condoriri) is a mountain in the Potosí mountain range of the Bolivian Andes, about 5,008 m (16,430 ft) high. It is situated south-east of Potosí in the Potosí Department, José María Linares Province, in the south-west of the Puna Municipality. It lies between the Sip'uruni River in the north and the Khunurana in the south, north-west of the lake T'ala Qucha and the village Talaco.[4][5][6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Evelio Echevarría, Cordillera de Potosí, Bolivia, The Alpine Journal, 1995
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ aymara.ucb.edu.bo Félix Layme Payrumani, Spanish-Aymara dictionary: CÓNDOR (<a). Ave rapaz diurna mas grande de todas. - Kunturi, fig. mallku.
  4. ↑ "Puna". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved October 6, 2014. (unnamed)
  5. ↑ Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 6434-I Puna
  6. ↑ lib.utexas.edu Map of the area


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