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Chullkani
Chullkani (possibly a broken name from Aymara Chullunkhäni ("the one with the icicles"), Hispanicized spelling ''Chullcani'') is a volcano in the Cordillera Occidental in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the Oruro Department, Sajama Province, Turco Municipality. It lies near two lower peaks both named Wayna Chullunkhäni ("young Chullunkhäni"). The eastern one called Wayna Chullunkhäni (Hispanicized ''Huayna Chulluncani'') lies at , and the one northwest of Chullkani, also spelled ''Huayna Chuluncani'', lies at at a creek named Wayna Chullkani ''(Huayna Chullcani)''. Activity at Chullkani commenced in the upper Miocene with the cryptodome Ch'ankha Muqu. This lava dome is formed by porphyritic andesite and has dimensions of at an altitude of . Later, southeast of Chullkani formed the rhyolitic Yapu Qullu lava dome. Crystalline flows named Thuwas Qalani ''(Tobas Khalani)'' are up to thick and contain lithic fragments and pumice. Chullkani proper formed 6.13± 0.12 Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayna Chullunkhäni
Wayna Chullunkhäni (Aymara language, 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'') is a mountain in the Cordillera Occidental (Bolivia), 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 () west of it which possibly erroneously received that name instead of 'Chullunkhäni'. Another mountain named Wayna Chullunkhäni, also spelled ''(Huayna Chuluncani)'', lies northwest of Chullkani at at a creek named Wayna Chullkani ''(Huayna Chullcani)''. References Mountains of Oruro Department {{Oruro-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jitiri
Jitiri is a volcano in the Andes, located in the Cordillera Occidental of Bolivia in the Oruro Department, Sajama Province, Turco Municipality, Cosapa Canton. It is situated south-east of the extinct Sajama volcano, between the volcano Chullkani in the south-west and the village Cosapa in the north-east. See also * Asu Asuni * Laram Q'awa * Kunturiri * Uyarani Uyarani is a volcano in the Cordillera Occidental in the Andes of Bolivia. It is situated in the Oruro Department, Sajama Province, Turco Municipality, Turco Canton. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |