Coordinates: 18°20′25″S 69°00′15″W / 18.34028°S 69.00417°W / -18.34028; -69.00417

Kuntur Ikiña (Sajama)

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Kuntur Ikiña
Kuntur Ikiña is located in Bolivia
Kuntur Ikiña
Kuntur Ikiña
Location in Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation5,044 m (16,549 ft)[1]
Coordinates18°20′25″S 69°00′15″W / 18.34028°S 69.00417°W / -18.34028; -69.00417
Geography
LocationBolivia, Oruro Department, Sajama Province, Turco Municipality
Parent rangeAndes, Cordillera Occidental

Kuntur Ikiña (Aymara kunturi condor,[2] ikiña to sleep, bed or blanket,[3] "bed of the condor" or "resting place of the condor", Hispanicized spelling Condor Iquiña) is a 5,044-metre-high (16,549 ft) mountain in the Andes located in the Cordillera Occidental of Bolivia. It is situated in the Oruro Department, Sajama Province, Turco Municipality, north-east of Umurata[4] and south of the Bolivian Route 4 that leads to Tambo Quemado on the border with Chile.

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  1. ^ Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Nevado Quimsachata Hoja 5738-I
  2. ^ Yatiqirinaka Aru Pirwa, Lima, 2005 (Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ^ www.katari.org Aymara-Spanish dictionary
  4. ^ "Turco". Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved September 18, 2014. (unnamed)