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Kuntur Jipiña

Coordinates: 15°59′15″S 68°27′14″W / 15.98750°S 68.45389°W / -15.98750; -68.45389
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Kuntur Jipiña
Kuntur Jipiña is located in Bolivia
Kuntur Jipiña
Kuntur Jipiña
Location in Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation5,260 m (17,260 ft)[1]
Coordinates15°59′15″S 68°27′14″W / 15.98750°S 68.45389°W / -15.98750; -68.45389
Geography
LocationBolivia,
La Paz Department
Parent rangeAndes, Cordillera Real

Kuntur Jipiña (Aymara kunturi condor, jipiña squatting of animals,[2][3] 'where the condor crouches', Hispanicized spelling Condor Jipina) is a mountain in the Cordillera Real in the Andes of Bolivia, about 5,260 metres (17,257 ft) high. It is located in the La Paz Department, at the border of the Larecaja Province, Guanay Municipality, and the Los Andes Province, Batallas Municipality. It lies west of the mountain Chachakumani and south-east of Wila Wila. The lakes Janq'u Quta and Jist'aña Quta are situated north-east and north-west of Kuntur Jipiña.[1][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Comunidad Amaguaya 5946-III
  2. ^ Yatiqirinaka Aru Pirwa, Lima, 2005 (Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ^ 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)
  4. ^ "Guanay". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 3, 2014. (unnamed, south-east of Wari Qalluni Pata (Huari Kallunipata))