Chupiquiña
Chupiquiña is located in Arica y Parinacota
Chupiquiña
Chupiquiña
Location of Chupiquiña in Arica y Parinacota
Highest point
Elevation5,805 m (19,045 ft)[1]
Coordinates17°39′56″S 69°47′58″W / 17.66556°S 69.79944°W / -17.66556; -69.79944
Geography
LocationChile, Arica y Parinacota Region
Peru, Tacna Region
Parent rangeAndes, Barroso

Chupiquiña (possibly from Aymara Chupikiña[2]) is a volcano on the border of Chile and Peru,[3] about 5,805 metres (19,045 ft) high. On the Chilean side it is situated in the Arica y Parinacota Region, Parinacota Province, and on the Peruvian side it lies in the Tacna Region, Tacna Province, Palca District.[4] Chupiquiña lies southeast of Achacollo and south of the Huancune volcano, near the Chilean volcano named Tacora.

Map of the area showing the location of Chupiquiña

References

  1. mincetur.gob.pe Archived 2014-02-04 at the Wayback Machine "Cordillera del Barroso"
  2. "aymara.ucb.edu.bo/". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2014-01-23.
  3. "Volcanes de la Comuna de General Lagos". Portal Visviri (in Spanish). Visviri, Chile: Volcanes de la Comuna de General Lagos. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  4. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Tacna Province (Tacna Region)


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