Pukintika

Pukintika (Aymara puki white soil,[2] tika adobe,[3] Hispanicized spellings Puguintica, Puquintica, Poquentica, Puquentica) is a volcano[4] in the Andes, about 5,407 m (17,740 ft) high, situated in the Cordillera Occidental on the border of Bolivia and Chile. It is located in the Arica and Parinacota Region of Chile and the Oruro Department of Bolivia (in Sabaya Province, Sabaya Municipality, Julo Canton).[5] Pukintika lies to the north of the Salar de Surire, east beside Arintika volcano which is younger than Pukintika.[6] Pukintika also features a crater lake with a surface area of 2,500 square metres (27,000 sq ft).[7] Deposits of elemental sulfur have been found on Pukintika.[8]

Map showing Pukintika on the border of Bolivia and Chile
Pukintika
Arintika (left) and Pukintika (right) as seen from Polloquere hot springs area.
Highest point
Elevation5,407 m (17,740 ft) [1]
Coordinates18°44′S 68°59′W 
Geography
Pukintika
Location in Bolivia, on the border with Chile
LocationBolivia-Chile
Parent rangeAndes, Cordillera Occidental

See also

References
  1. "Cerro Puquintica". mapcarta.com. Retrieved 2012-11-25.
  2. Germán Mendoza Aruquipa, Toponimias aymara de la Marka Wiyacha. Qamasa, Revista de la carrera de historia, Universidad Indígena Tawantinsuyu Ajlla, No. 2, 2011 (in Spanish): " ... aymara: Puki uta y su significado es Casa de Poque o tierra blanca. (Note: uta – house, puki uta – house of poque or 'white soil')
  3. www.illa-a.org: Tika – Adobe
  4. Gabriela Vargas-Mattos, Mauro César Geraldes, Ramiro Matos Salinas, Reconstrucción geológica del volcán Chullcani (mioceno superior a plioceno superior): Consideraciónes generales sobre geoquímica y edad de las fases volcánicas, Andes Centrales de Bolivia, Revista Brasileira de Geociências, 12/2006
  5. Sabaya Municipality: population data and map Archived 2014-08-13 at the Wayback Machine
  6. "Global Volcanism Program | Arintica". volcano.si.edu. Retrieved 2017-05-26.
  7. Cabrol, Nathalie A.; Grin, Edmond A.; Chong, Guillermo; Minkley, Edwin; Hock, Andrew N.; Yu, Youngseob; Bebout, Leslie; Fleming, Erich; Häder, Donat P.; Demergasso, Cecilia; Gibson, John; Escudero, Lorena; Dorador, Cristina; Lim, Darlene; Woosley, Clayton; Morris, Robert L.; Tambley, Cristian; Gaete, Victor; Galvez, Matthieu E.; Smith, Eric; Uskin-Peate, Ingrid; Salazar, Carlos; Dawidowicz, G.; Majerowicz, J. (June 2009). "The High-Lakes Project". Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 114 (G2): n/a. doi:10.1029/2008JG000818.
  8. Harmon, Russell S.; Rapela, Carlos W. (1991). Andean Magmatism and Its Tectonic Setting. Geological Society of America. p. 248. ISBN 978-0-8137-2265-8.


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