Wayna Chullunkhäni Explained

Wayna Chullunkhäni
Elevation M:4736
Elevation Ref:[1]
Location:Bolivia
Oruro Department
Range:Andes, Cordillera Occidental
Map:Bolivia
Label Position:right
Map Size:200
Coordinates:-18.3083°N -68.8075°W

Wayna Chullunkhäni (Aymara wayna young, chullunkhä ('ä' stands for a long 'a') icicle, -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, meaning "Young Chullunkhäni" or literally "the young one with icicles", Hispanicized spelling Huayna Chulluncani, also Huayna Chullcani)[1] is a 4736adj=midNaNadj=mid mountain in the Cordillera Occidental in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the Oruro Department, Sajama Province, Turco Municipality.

The name of this mountain - where wayna is sometimes used in the Andes region as an attribute for a neighboring lower mountain - might refer to the Chullkani volcano (5032m (16,509feet)) west of it which possibly erroneously received that name instead of 'Chullunkhäni'.[1]

Another mountain named Wayna Chullunkhäni, also spelled (Huayna Chuluncani), lies northwest of Chullkani at at a creek named Wayna Chullkani (Huayna Chullcani).[1]

Notes and References

  1. Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Estancia Laguna Hoja 5839-III