Location Bolivia-Chile | Elevation 5,532 m | |
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Mountain range Andes, Cordillera Occidental Parent ranges Andes, Cordillera Occidental Similar Umurata, K'isi K'isini, Cerro Capurata, Acotango, Guallatiri | ||
Uqi Uqini (Aymara uqi uqi a species of plant, uqi brown, grey brown, the reduplication indicates that there is a group or a complex of something, -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with the uqi uqi plant" or "the one with a complex of grey-brown color", Hispanicized spelling Oke Okeni) is a 5,532-metre-high (18,150 ft) volcano in the Andes. It is situated in the Cordillera Occidental on the border of Bolivia and Chile. Uqi Uqini is located in the Arica and Parinacota Region of Chile and in the Oruro Department of Bolivia, in the Sajama Province, Turku Municipality, Chachakumani Canton. Uqi Uqini lies south of National Route 4 near the Chungara-Tambo Quemado pass and north of Umurata, Acotango and Capurata.
Map of Uqi Uqini, Bolivia
Uqi Uqini was formed in the middle of Miocene to Pliocene just like the volcanoes Asu Asuni, Kunturiri and the Kimsa Chata complex.