Chullunkhäni (La Paz)

Coordinates: 17°10′48″S 67°49′53″W / 17.18000°S 67.83139°W / -17.18000; -67.83139
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Chullunkhäni
Chullunkhäni is located in Bolivia
Chullunkhäni
Chullunkhäni
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation4,824 m (15,827 ft)[1]
Coordinates17°10′48″S 67°49′53″W / 17.18000°S 67.83139°W / -17.18000; -67.83139
Geography
LocationBolivia
La Paz Department
Parent rangeAndes

Chullunkhäni (Aymara chullunkhä ('ä' stands for a long 'a') icicle,[2] -ni a suffix, "the one with icicles", also spelled Chulluncani) is a 4,824-metre-high (15,827 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the La Paz Department, Aroma Province, Patacamaya Municipality. This is where the Jach'a Jawira originates. It flows to the southwest where it seeps away near the village of Chhijmuni (Chijmuni) in the Sica Sica Municipality.[1][3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Patacamaya 6042-III
  2. ^ Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ^ "Patacamaya". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved February 28, 2016.