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Chinchillani (Oruro)

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Elevation
  
4,122 m (13,524 ft)

Parent range
  
Andes

Chinchillani (Oruro)

Location
  
Bolivia, Oruro Department, Sabaya Province, Sabaya Municipality

Chinchillani (Aymara chinchilla a kind of rodent, -ni a suffix, "the one with the chinchillas) is a 4,122-metre-high (13,524 ft) mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the Oruro Department, Sabaya Province, Sabaya Municipality, south of the Lauca River.

Northwest of Chinchillani there are two craters named Jach'a P'iya ("big hole", Jachcha Phiya) and Jisk'a P'iya ("little hole", Jiskha Phiya). They lie north of Wila Jaqhi ("red cliff", Wila Jakke) and a complex called Volcán Apagado (Spanish for "extinct volcano") or Volcán Quemado (Spanish for "burnt volcano").

References

Chinchillani (Oruro) Wikipedia