Kusin Ch'utu | |
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Kusin Ch'utuLocation in Bolivia | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 5,020 m (16,470 ft) |
Coordinates | 18°06′50″S 68°19′07″W / 18.11389°S 68.31861°W / -18.11389; -68.31861 |
Geography | |
Location | Bolivia, Oruro Department, Sajama Province |
Parent range | Andes |
Kusin Ch'utu (Aymara kusi happiness, fortune, good luck, -n(i) a suffix to indicate ownership, ch'utu peak of a mountain, top of the head, Hispanicized spelling Cusin Chuto) is a 5,020-metre-high (16,470 ft) mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the Oruro Department, Sajama Province, in the north of the Turco Municipality. Kusin Ch'utu is situated north-east of the mountains Qhapaqa, Yaritani and Kimsa Chata. The river Q'ulini ("the one with stripes", Culini) originates at the mountain. It flows to the south-east.
References
- ^ BIGM map 1:50,000 Estancia Marcarani Hoja 5939-IV
- ^ 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)
- "Turco". Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved November 9, 2014.
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