Asu Asuni

Bolivia
Oruro Department, Sajama Province, Turco Municipality

Highest pointElevation5,088 m (16,693 ft)^[1]Coordinates18°13′13″S 68°31′20″W / 18.22028°S 68.52222°W / -18.22028; -68.52222GeographyLocationBolivia
Oruro Department, Sajama Province, Turco MunicipalityParent rangeAndes, Cordillera Occidental

Asu Asuni (Aymara asu newborn creature,^[2] the reduplication signifies there is a group or a complex of something, -ni a nominal suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with some newborn creatures") is a 5,088-metre-high (16,693 ft) mountain in a volcanic complex^[3] in the Cordillera Occidental in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the Oruro Department, Sajama Province, Turco Municipality, Turco Canton.^[4] It is situated southeast of the extinct Sajama volcano (3 km), between the Chullkani volcano in the west (3 km) and Turco in the east, at the National Route 27.

References

^ Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Estancia Agua Rica Hoja 5839-II
^ 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)
^ 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
^ "Turco". Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved December 30, 2012.