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Elevation
  
4,748 m

Liyun Ikiña

Location
  
BoliviaOruro Department, Sajama Province, Turco Municipality

Parent range
  
Andes, Cordillera Occidental

Ranges
  
Andes, Cordillera Occidental

Liyun Ikiña or León Ikiña (Aymara liyun lion (a borrowing from Spanish león, here referring to the cougar), ikiña bed, sleeping place, "sleeping place of the lion (cougar)", also spelled Leon Iquina, León Iquiña) is a dome in the Cordillera Occidental of Bolivia north of the summit of the Chullkani volcano. It is located in the Oruro Department, Sajama Province, Turco Municipality. Its peak reaches a height of 4,748 m (15,577 ft). South of Liyun Ikiña there is a small lake named Q'illu Quta ("yellow lake", also spelled Khellu Kkota). The stream which originates here is a left tributary of the Sajama River.

Map of Cerro Leon Iquina, Bolivia

References

Liyun Ikiña Wikipedia


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