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Paquni

Coordinates: 19°43′21″S 66°08′56″W / 19.72250°S 66.14889°W / -19.72250; -66.14889
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Paquni
Highest point
Elevation4,838 m (15,873 ft)[1]
Coordinates19°43′21″S 66°08′56″W / 19.72250°S 66.14889°W / -19.72250; -66.14889
Geography
LocationBolivia
Potosí Department
Parent rangeAndes

Paquni (Aymara paqu a kind of edible herb,[2] -ni a suffix, "the one with the paqu herbs", Hispanicized spelling Pacuni) is a 4,838-metre-high (15,873 ft) mountain in the Potosí Department of Bolivia. It is located in the Antonio Quijarro Province, Tomave Municipality, northeast of the Jatun Mundo Quri Warani volcano.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Estanción Yura Sheet 6334-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. ^ "Tomave". Archived from the original on January 1, 2014. Retrieved January 14, 2016. (unnamed, north of Muta Jalsuri Pampa)