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Chinchillani (Oruro)

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Mountain in Bolivia This article is about the mountain in the Oruro Department, Bolivia. For other uses, see Chinchillani.
Chinchillani
Chinchillani is located in BoliviaChinchillaniChinchillaniLocation within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation4,122 m (13,524 ft)
Coordinates18°39′50″S 68°38′04″W / 18.66389°S 68.63444°W / -18.66389; -68.63444
Geography
LocationBolivia, Oruro Department, Sabaya Province, Sabaya Municipality
Parent rangeAndes

Chinchillani (Aymara chinchilla a kind of rodent, -ni a suffix, "the one with the chinchillas) is a 4,122-metre-high (13,524 ft) mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the Oruro Department, Sabaya Province, Sabaya Municipality, south of the Lauca River in Bolivia.

Northwest of Chinchillani there are two craters named Jach'a P'iya ("big hole", Jachcha Phiya) and Jisk'a P'iya ("little hole", Jiskha Phiya). They lie north of Wila Jaqhi ("red cliff", Wila Jakke) and a complex called Volcán Apagado (Spanish for "extinct volcano") or Volcán Quemado (Spanish for "burnt volcano").

References

  1. ^ Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Estancia Miraflores 5838-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 February 1, 2016. (unnamed)
Oruro Department
Capital: Oruro
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