Kuntur Chukuña (Antonio Quijarro)

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).

This article is about the mountain in the Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia. For other uses, see Kuntur Chukuña.
Kuntur Chukuña
Kuntur Chukuña
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation5,290 m (17,360 ft) [1]
Coordinates19°55′S 66°31′W [2]
Geography
LocationBolivia,
Potosí Department, Antonio Quijarro Province, Tomave Municipality
Parent rangeAndes

See also

References
  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.


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