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Tarkuni Punta
Highest point
Elevation3,720 m (12,200 ft)[1]
Geography
LocationBolivia
Potosí Department
Parent rangeAndes

Tarkuni Punta (Aymara tarku a kind of tree; a certain bone at the neck,[2] -ni a suffix, also spelled Tarcuni Punta) is a mountain in the Andes of Bolivia which reaches a height of approximately 3,720 m (12,200 ft). It is located in the Potosí Department, Nor Chichas Province, Cotagaita Municipality.[1][3]

References

  1. ^ a b Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Comunidad Cotagaitilla 6431-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. ^ "Cotagaita". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved March 4, 2016.