Paquni

Paquni
Highest point
Elevation 4,838 m (15,873 ft) [1]
Coordinates 19°43′21″S 66°08′56″W / 19.72250°S 66.14889°W / -19.72250; -66.14889Coordinates: 19°43′21″S 66°08′56″W / 19.72250°S 66.14889°W / -19.72250; -66.14889
Geography
Location Bolivia
Potosí Department
Parent range Andes

Paquni (Aymara paqu a kind of edible herb,[2] -ni a suffix, "the one with the paqu herbs", hispanicized spelling Pacuni) is a 4,838-metre-high (15,873 ft) mountain in the Potosí Department of Bolivia. It is located in the Antonio Quijarro Province, Tomave Municipality, northeast of the Jatun Mundo Quri Warani volcano.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Estanción Yura Sheet 6334-IV
  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. ↑ "Tomave". Retrieved January 14, 2016. (unnamed, north of Muta Jalsuri Pampa)
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