Kunturiri (Palca)

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Kunturiri
Highest point
Elevation 4,170 m (13,680 ft) [1]
Coordinates 16°37′04″S67°54′18″W / 16.61778°S 67.90500°W / -16.61778; -67.90500 Coordinates: 16°37′04″S67°54′18″W / 16.61778°S 67.90500°W / -16.61778; -67.90500
Geography
Location Bolivia
La Paz Department
Parent range Andes

Kunturiri (Aymara kunturi condor, [2] -(i)ri a suffix, Hispanicized spelling Condoriri) is a 4,170-metre-high (13,681 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It lies in the La Paz Department, Murillo Province, Palca Municipality, west of the Cordillera Real. Kunturiri is situated south-west of the mountain Janq'u Qalani between the villages of Laqayani (Lacayani) in the south-west and Tarujiri in the north-east. [1] [3]

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Kunturiri may refer to:

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Jiska Kunturiri

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Pumuta

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Phaqu Qawa (La Paz)

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Kunturiri (Linares)

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Kunturiri (Frías) mountain in Bolivia

Kunturiri is a 4,526-metre-high (14,849 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is situated west of Potosí in the Potosí Department, Tomás Frías Province, Yocalla Municipality. Kunturiri lies north-west of the lower mountain Inka Qhata.

Kunturiri (Loayza)

Kunturiri is a 4,572-metre-high (15,000 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the La Paz Department, Loayza Province, Malla Municipality. Kunturiri is situated south-west of the mountains Wila Willk'i and Quta Qutani (Kkota Kkotani). It lies west of the village of Kunturiri (Condoriri).

Tata Chiyar Qullu mountain in Bolivia

Tata Ch'iyar Qullu or just Ch'iyar Qullu(Charkkollu) is a mountain in the Bolivian Andes, about 4,800 metres (15,748 ft) high. It lies in the La Paz Department, Murillo Province, Palca Municipality. Ch'iyar Qullu is situated near the river Chuqi Quta, south-west of the lake Ch'uxña Quta and north-west of the village of Chuqi Quta (Choquecota, Choquekhota).

Layqa Qullu mountain in Bolivia

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Silla Pata mountain in Bolivia

Silla Pata is a 5,442-metre-high (17,854 ft) mountain in the Cordillera Real in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the La Paz Department, Murillo Province, Palca Municipality. Silla Pata lies in the southern part of the Illimani massif. It is situated south-east of the highest point of the massif and Layqa Qullu and south-west of Link'u Link'u.

Jacha Kunturiri (La Paz)

Jach'a Kunturiri is a 4,629-metre-high (15,187 ft) mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is situated in the La Paz Department, Pacajes Province, on the border of the Calacoto Municipality and the Charaña Municipality. Jach'a Kunturiri lies south-west of the mountains Jisk'a Kunturiri and Taypi Kunturiri.

Kunturiri (Pacajes)

Kunturiri is a 4,998-metre-high (16,398 ft) mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is situated in the La Paz Department, Pacajes Province, Charaña Municipality. Kunturiri lies north-west of the mountain Wayra Lupi Qullu and north-east of the mountain Ch'iyara Salla.

Jistaña

Jist'aña, also known as Pirámide Blanca, is a mountain in the Cordillera Real in the Bolivian Andes, about 5,260 metres (17,260 ft) high. It is situated in the La Paz Department, at the border of the Los Andes Province, Pucarani Municipality, and the Murillo Province, La Paz Municipality. Jist'aña lies between the mountain Kunturiri of the La Paz Municipality in the southeast and the peaks of Kunturiri of the Los Andes Province in the northwest. The rivers Kunturiri (Condoriri) and Jist'aña Jawira (Jistano Jahuira) originate near the mountain. Kunturiri River flows to Ch'iyar Quta, a lake southwest of Jist'aña, and Jist'aña Jawira which later is named Uma Pallqa (Uma Palca) flows to the northeast.

References

  1. 1 2 Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Palca 6044-III
  2. aymara.ucb.edu.bo Archived 2013-09-02 at the Wayback Machine . Félix Layme Payrumani, Spanish-Aymara dictionary
  3. "Palca". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on August 26, 2014. Retrieved November 4, 2014. (unnamed)