Turi Turini (Oruro)

This article is about the mountain in the Oruro Department, Bolivia. For other uses, see Turi Turini.
Turi Turini
Highest point
Elevation 5,000 m (16,000 ft) [1]
Coordinates 18°13′59″S 68°31′08″W / 18.23306°S 68.51889°W / -18.23306; -68.51889Coordinates: 18°13′59″S 68°31′08″W / 18.23306°S 68.51889°W / -18.23306; -68.51889
Geography
Location Bolivia
Oruro Department, Sajama Province
Parent range Andes, Cordillera Occidental

Turi Turini (Aymara turi tower,[2] the reduplication indicates that there is a group or a complex of something, -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with a group of towers") is a mountain in a volcanic complex[3] in the Cordillera Occidental in the Andes of Bolivia, about 5,000-metre (16,404 ft) high. It is situated in the Oruro Department, Sajama Province, Turco Municipality. Turi Turini lies southeast of Asu Asuni and northeast of Phasa Willk'i. The Jaruma River originates southwest of the mountain. It flows to the south.[1][4]

References

  1. 1 2 Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Estancia Agua Rica Hoja 5839-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. ↑ Gabriela Vargas-Mattos, Mauro César Geraldes, Ramiro Matos Salinas, Reconstrucción geológica del volcán Chullcani (mioceno superior a plioceno superior): Consideraciónes generales sobre geoquímica y edad de las fases volcánicas, Andes Centrales de Bolivia, Revista Brasileira de Geociências, 12/2006
  4. ↑ "Turco". Retrieved November 11, 2014.


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