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Chuqu Chuquni (Bolivia)

Coordinates: 18°53′29″S 68°34′05″W / 18.89139°S 68.56806°W / -18.89139; -68.56806
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Chuqu Chuquni
Highest point
Elevation4,522 m (14,836 ft)[1]
Coordinates18°53′29″S 68°34′05″W / 18.89139°S 68.56806°W / -18.89139; -68.56806
Geography
LocationBolivia
Oruro Department
Parent rangeAndes

Chuqu Chuquni (Aymara chuqu chuqu icicle,[2] -ni a suffix, "the one with many icicles", Hispanicized spelling Chokho Chokhoni, erroneously also Chokhoni) is a 4,522-metre-high (14,836 ft) mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the Oruro Department, Sabaya Province, Sabaya Municipality, southwest of the village of Tunapa. Pacha Qullu lies northwest of Inka Qhamachu.[3] Chuqu Chuquni lies southwest of Pacha Qullu and northwest of Pumiri.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Carangas 5837-II
  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. ^ "Sabaya". Archived from the original on August 13, 2014. Retrieved January 19, 2016. (unnamed)