Liyun Ikiña

Liyun Ikiña
Liyun Ikiña

Location in Bolivia

Highest point
Elevation 4,748 m (15,577 ft) [1]
Coordinates 18°16′20″S 68°50′35″W / 18.27222°S 68.84306°W / -18.27222; -68.84306Coordinates: 18°16′20″S 68°50′35″W / 18.27222°S 68.84306°W / -18.27222; -68.84306
Geography
Location Bolivia
Oruro Department, Sajama Province, Turco Municipality
Parent range Andes, Cordillera Occidental

Liyun Ikiña or León Ikiña (Aymara liyun lion (a borrowing from Spanish león, here referring to the cougar), ikiña bed, sleeping place,[2] "sleeping place of the lion (cougar)", also spelled Leon Iquina, León Iquiña) is a dome[3] in the Cordillera Occidental of Bolivia north of the summit of the Chullkani volcano. It is located in the Oruro Department, Sajama Province, Turco Municipality.[4] Its peak reaches a height of 4,748 m (15,577 ft). South of Liyun Ikiña there is a small lake named Q'illu Quta ("yellow lake", also spelled Khellu Kkota). The stream which originates here is a left tributary of the Sajama River.

References

  1. ↑ Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Estancia Laguna 5839-III
  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 January 22, 2016.
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