Asu Asuni

Asu Asuni
Highest point
Elevation 5,088 m (16,693 ft) [1]
Coordinates 18°13′13″S 68°31′20″W / 18.22028°S 68.52222°W / -18.22028; -68.52222Coordinates: 18°13′13″S 68°31′20″W / 18.22028°S 68.52222°W / -18.22028; -68.52222
Geography
Location Bolivia
Oruro Department, Sajama Province, Turco Municipality
Parent range Andes, Cordillera Occidental

Asu Asuni (Aymara asu newborn creature,[2] the reduplication signifies there is a group or a complex of something, -ni a nominal suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with some newborn creatures") is a 5,088-metre-high (16,693 ft) mountain in a volcanic complex[3] in the Cordillera Occidental in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the Oruro Department, Sajama Province, Turco Municipality, Turco Canton.[4] It is situated southeast of the extinct Sajama volcano (3 km), between the Chullkani volcano in the west (3 km) and Turco in the east, at the National Route 27.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Estancia Agua Rica Hoja 5839-II
  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. ↑ Gabriela Vargas-Mattos, Mauro César Geraldes, Ramiro Matos Salinas, Reconstrucción geológica del volcán Chullcani (mioceno superior a plioceno superior): Consideraciónes generales sobre geoquímica y edad de las fases volcánicas, Andes Centrales de Bolivia, Revista Brasileira de Geociências, 12/2006
  4. ↑ "Turco". Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved December 30, 2012.


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