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Kuntur Chukuña (Oruro)

Coordinates: 19°15′S 66°43′W / 19.250°S 66.717°W / -19.250; -66.717
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Kuntur Chukuña
Poopó Lake from above. Kuntur Chukuña lies in the mountainous complex south-east of it (lower center, left).
Highest point
Elevation4,035 m (13,238 ft)[1]
Coordinates19°15′S 66°43′W / 19.250°S 66.717°W / -19.250; -66.717[1]
Geography
Parent rangeAndes

Kuntur Chukuña (Aymara kunturi condor, Aymara chukuña to squat, to cower,[2][3] 'where the condor squats', also spelled Condor Chucuna, Condor Chucuña) is a mountain in the Andes of Bolivia, about 4,035 m (13,238 ft) high. It is situated in the Oruro Department, Sebastián Pagador Province (which is identical to the Santiago de Huari Municipality), Lukumpaya Canton.[4][5] It lies southeast of Poopó Lake, south of the village of Urmiri and northwest of Jatun Wila Qullu.

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  1. ^ a b own investigation (GE)
  2. ^ "Diccionario Bilingüe, Castellano - Aymara, 2002". Félix Layme Pairumani. Archived from the original on September 2, 2013. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
  3. ^ Juan Carvajal Carvajal, Arturo Hernández Sallés, Nelly Ramos Pizarro, Diccionario Ilustrado Aymara-Español-Inglés (Aymara-Spanish-English dictionary)
  4. ^ lib.utexas.edu Map showing Kuntur Chukuña ("Condor Chucuña") south of Urmiri
  5. ^ "Santiago de Huari". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on October 16, 2014. Retrieved March 27, 2016.