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Chullpa Urqu (Potosí)

Coordinates: 18°32′16″S 65°33′03″W / 18.53778°S 65.55083°W / -18.53778; -65.55083
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Chullpa Urqu
Chullpa Urqu is located in Bolivia
Chullpa Urqu
Chullpa Urqu
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation3,132 m (10,276 ft)[1]
Coordinates18°32′16″S 65°33′03″W / 18.53778°S 65.55083°W / -18.53778; -65.55083
Geography
LocationBolivia,
Potosí Department
Parent rangeAndes

Chullpa Urqu (Quechua chullpa stone tomb, burial tower, urqu mountain,[2] "chullpa mountain", also spelled Chullpa Orkho) is a 3,132-metre-high (10,276 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the Potosí Department, Chayanta Province, Ravelo Municipality. It lies northwest of Markawi.[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bolivia IGM map 1:50,000 Toromani 6438-II
  2. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  3. ^ "Ravelo". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 15, 2016.