Pukintika (

Aymara Aymara may refer to: Languages and people * Aymaran languages, the second most widespread Andean language ** Aymara language, the main language within that family ** Central Aymara, the other surviving branch of the Aymara(n) family, which today ...

''puki'' white soil, ''tika'' adobe, Hispanicized spellings ''Puguintica, Puquintica'', ''Poquentica'', ''Puquentica'') is a

volcano A volcano is a rupture in the Crust (geology), crust of a Planet#Planetary-mass objects, planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and volcanic gas, gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface. On Ear ...

in the

Andes The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountains (; ) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is long, wide (widest between 18°S – 20°S ...

, about 5,407 m (17,740 ft) high, situated in the Cordillera Occidental on the border of Bolivia and

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

. It is located in the

Arica and Parinacota Region The Arica y Parinacota Region ( es, link=no, Región de Arica y Parinacota ) is one of Chile's 16 first order administrative divisions. It comprises two provinces, Arica and Parinacota. It borders Peru's Department of Tacna to the north, Boliv ...

and the

Oruro Department Oruro (; Quechua: ''Uru Uru''; Aymara: ''Ururu'') is a department of Bolivia, with an area of . Its capital is the city of Oruro. According to the 2012 census, the Oruro department had a population of 494,178. Provinces of Oruro The departme ...

of Bolivia (in

Sabaya Province Sabaya (formerly: Atahuallpa) is a province in the central parts of the Bolivian Oruro Department. Its seat is Sabaya. Location Sabaya Province is one of sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department. It is located between 18° 35' and 19° 39' Sou ...

, Sabaya Municipality, Julo Canton). Pukintika lies to the north of the Salar de Surire, east beside Arintika volcano which is younger than Pukintika. Pukintika also features a

crater lake Crater Lake ( Klamath: ''Giiwas'') is a volcanic crater lake in south-central Oregon in the western United States. It is the main feature of Crater Lake National Park and is famous for its deep blue color and water clarity. The lake partly fill ...

with a surface area of . Deposits of elemental sulfur have been found on Pukintika. Txu-oclc-224571178-se19-10

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Volcanoes of Arica y Parinacota Region Mountains of Oruro Department International mountains of South America Bolivia–Chile border {{AricaParinacota-geo-stub

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