Jisk'a Kunturiri Explained

Jisk'a Kunturiri
Elevation M:5488
Elevation Ref:[1]
Range:Andes
Map:Bolivia
Label Position:right
Map Size:200
Coordinates:-18.0372°N -69.0378°W

Jisk'a Kunturiri (Aymara jisk'a little, kunturi condor,[2] -ri a suffix, Kunturiri the name of a neighboring mountain, "little Kunturiri", Hispanicized spelling Jiskha Condoriri) is a mountain in the Andes of Bolivia which rises up to 5488m (18,005feet). It is situated in the Oruro Department, Sajama Province, Curahuara de Carangas Municipality, Sajama Canton, north-west of the extinct Sajama volcano.[1] [3] Kunturi lies south-west of the mountains Jach'a Kunturiri ("big Kunturiri") and Pumuta, north-east of Patilla Pata and the small lake named Ch'iyar Quta and east of the mountain Kunturiri.

The Kunturiri River originates east of the mountain. It flows to the south and then to the east as a tributary of the Sajama River.

See also

Notes and References

  1. BIGM map 1:50,000 Nevados Payachata Hoja 5739-I
  2. http://www.aymara.ucb.edu.bo/html/diccionario/dicframe.html aymara.ucb.edu.bo
  3. Web site: Curahuara de Carangas . September 14, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141111092614/http://www.ine.gob.bo/publicaciones/visorPdf.aspx?Codigo=040401&tipo=1 . November 11, 2014 . (unnamed, south of Laguna Inca Ingenio)