Chullkani
Sign in to saveChullkani (possibly a broken name from Aymara Chullunkhäni ("the one with the icicles"), Hispanicized spelling Chullcani) is a volcano in the Cordillera Occidental in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the Oruro Department, Sajama Province, Turco Municipality. It lies near two lower peaks both named Wayna Chullunkhäni ("young Chullunkhäni"). The eastern one called Wayna Chullunkhäni (Hispanicized Huayna Chulluncani) lies at , and the one northwest of Chullkani, also spelled Huayna Chuluncani, lies at at a creek named Wayna Chullkani (Huayna Chullcani).
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The entry is geolocated on the map in mountain_region, across 6 mapped points.
It sits within the topics Miocene volcanoes and Volcanoes of Oruro Department.
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Chullkani (possibly a broken name from Aymara Chullunkhäni ("the one with the icicles"), Hispanicized spelling Chullcani) is a volcano in the Cordillera Occidental in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the Oruro Department, Sajama Province, Turco Municipality. It lies near two lower peaks both named Wayna Chullunkhäni ("young Chullunkhäni"). The eastern one called Wayna Chullunkhäni (Hispanicized Huayna Chulluncani) lies at , and the one northwest of Chullkani, also spelled Huayna Chuluncani, lies at at a creek named Wayna Chullkani (Huayna Chullcani).
Activity at Chullkani commenced in the upper Miocene with the cryptodome Ch'ankha Muqu. This lava dome is formed by porphyritic andesite and has dimensions of at an altitude of . Later, southeast of Chullkani formed the rhyolitic Yapu Qullu lava dome. Crystalline flows named Thuwas Qalani (Tobas Khalani) are up to thick and contain lithic fragments and pumice. Chullkani proper formed 6.13± 0.12 Ma from andesites. Another group of five peaks stretching northeast are lava domes and named Jitiri, Picha Qullu (Picha Kkollu), Llallawi (Llalahui) (or Llallani), Jach'a K'uchu and Wila Lat'arata. A dacite lava dome named Liyun Ikiña was erupted 6.2±0.4 Ma.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chullkani” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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6 mapped locations