Kunturiri (Los Andes) Explained

Kunturiri
Elevation M:5648
Elevation Ref:[1]
Location:Bolivia
Range:Andes, Cordillera Real
Map:Bolivia
Label Position:right
Map Size:200
Coordinates:-16.1683°N -68.2428°W
First Ascent:Wilfrid Kühm, 1941

Kunturiri (Aymara kunturi condor,[2] -(i)ri a suffix, Hispanicized spelling Condoriri) is a mountain in the Cordillera Real of Bolivia, about 5648m (18,530feet) high. It is also the name of the whole massif.[3] Kunturiri is located in the La Paz Department, Los Andes Province, Pukarani Municipality,[4] southeast of Chachakumani and northwest of Huayna Potosí.

The central part of the Kunturiri group is formed by three peaks which resemble a condor with wings spread:

Kuchillu Khunu (Aymara kuchillu knife (from Spanish cuchillo), khunu snow,[5] "knife snow") is the name of the peak south of the "head of the condor" at .[6]

Other peaks in the Kunturiri massif are Pico Reya (5495m (18,028feet)), Qallwani (Yugoslavia) (5492m (18,018feet)) 2 km north of Kunturiri, Wintanani (5428m (17,808feet)), Pico Eslovenia (5381m (17,654feet)), Pequeño Alpamayo (5370m (17,620feet)), Pico Medio (5355m (17,569feet)), Ilusión (5330m (17,490feet)), Aguja Negra (5290m (17,360feet)), Jist'aña (5260m (17,260feet)), Diente (5200m (17,100feet)), Ilusioncita (5150m (16,900feet)), Tarija (5060m (16,600feet)) and Titicaca (4968m (16,299feet)).[7] The Spanish names of the peaks do not occur in the maps of the Bolivian IGM (Instituto Geográfico Militar).[1] [8]

The lakes Ch'iyar Quta and Juri Quta are situated south of the massif.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Zongo 5945-I
  2. Web site: Diccionario Bilingüe, Castellano - Aymara, 2002 . Félix Layme Pairumani . November 18, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130902185052/http://www.aymara.ucb.edu.bo/html/diccionario/dicframe.html . September 2, 2013 . (see: Cóndor)
  3. Book: Viva Travel Guides: Bolivia. 170–171. Newton P, Lillie M, Rosen N, Sameoe M, Davison J . Viva Publishing Network. Quito, Ecuador. 2010. 978-0-9791264-9-9. 2011-04-19.
  4. Web site: Pucarani . INE, Bolivia . November 18, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141029154208/http://www.ine.gob.bo/publicaciones/visorPdf.aspx?Codigo=021201&tipo=1 . October 29, 2014 . (showing Ventanani of the Kunturiri group)
  5. Web site: Diccionario Bilingüe, Castellano - Aymara, 2002 . Félix Layme Pairumani . May 17, 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923181046/http://www.aymara.ucb.edu.bo/html/diccionario/castellano%20aymara/ac.html . September 23, 2015 . (see: Cuchillo)
  6. Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Milluni 5945-II
  7. Mountaineering in the Andes by Jill Neate Bolivia RGS-IBG Expedition Advisory Centre, 2nd edition, May 1994
  8. Bolivian IGM maps 1:50,000 Khara Khota 5945-IV, Milluni 5945-II and Peñas 5945-III