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Phutunqu

Coordinates: 19°55′48″S 64°35′34″W / 19.93000°S 64.59278°W / -19.93000; -64.59278
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Phutunqu
Phutunqu is located in Bolivia
Phutunqu
Phutunqu
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation3,090 m (10,140 ft)[1]
Coordinates19°55′48″S 64°35′34″W / 19.93000°S 64.59278°W / -19.93000; -64.59278
Geography
LocationBolivia,
Chuquisaca Department
Parent rangeAndes

Phutunqu (Aymara for a small vessel or a hole, pit, crater,[2] also spelled Phutunkhu) is a 3,090-metre-high (10,140 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the Chuquisaca Department, Azurduy Province, Tarvita Municipality. It lies west of the San Antonio River which is a left tributary of the Pillku Mayu (Quechua for "red river").[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Mariscal Braun 6634-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. ^ "Tarvita". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on April 26, 2016. Retrieved April 25, 2016.