Jisk'a Kunturiri
mountain in the Oruro Department, Bolivia
Jisk'a Kunturiri (Aymara jisk'a little, kunturi condor, -ri a suffix, Kunturiri the name of a neighboring mountain, "little Kunturiri", Hispanicized spelling Jiskha Condoriri) is a mountain in the Andes of Bolivia which rises up to 5,488 metres (18,005 ft). It is situated in the Oruro Department, Sajama Province, Curahuara de Carangas Municipality, Sajama Canton, north-west of the extinct Sajama volcano. Kunturi lies south-west of the mountains Jach'a Kunturiri ("big Kunturiri") and Pumuta, north-east of Patilla Pata and the small lake named Ch'iyar Quta and east of the mountain Kunturiri.
The Kunturiri River originates east of the mountain. It flows to the south and then to the east as a tributary of the Sajama River.
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