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.