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Kuntur Wachana (Bolivia)

Coordinates: 17°42′44″S 66°21′06″W / 17.71222°S 66.35167°W / -17.71222; -66.35167
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Kuntur Wachana
Kuntur Wachana is located in Bolivia
Kuntur Wachana
Kuntur Wachana
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation3,396 m (11,142 ft)[1]
Coordinates17°42′44″S 66°21′06″W / 17.71222°S 66.35167°W / -17.71222; -66.35167
Geography
LocationBolivia,
Cochabamba Department
Parent rangeAndes

Kuntur Wachana (Quechua kuntur condor, wacha birth, to give birth, -na a suffix,[2][3] 'where the condor is born', also spelled Condor Huachana) is a 3,396-metre-high (11,142 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the Cochabamba Department, Capinota Province, Sicaya Municipality.[1][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bolivia 1:50,000 Capinota 6340-IV
  2. ^ "Diccionario: Quechua - Español - Quechua, Simi Taqe: Qheswa - Español - Qheswa" (PDF). Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua. Gobierno Regional del Cusco, Perú: Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua. 2005.
  3. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  4. ^ "Sicaya". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved March 29, 2016.