Iruputuncu (Tarapacá-Daniel Campos)

Iruputuncu
Iruputuncu
Location in Bolivia, on the border with Chile
Highest point
Elevation4,200 m (13,800 ft)
Coordinates19°53′18″S 68°32′30″W / 19.88833°S 68.54167°W / -19.88833; -68.54167
Geography
LocationBolivia, Potosí Department, Daniel Campos Province
Chile, Tarapacá Region
Parent rangeAndes, Cordillera Occidental

Iruputuncu (possibly from Aymara iru spiny Peruvian feather grass, phutunqu a small vessel or a hole, pit, crater) is a mountain in the Andes in the Cordillera Occidental on the border of Bolivia and Chile. The Chilean side is in the Tarapacá Region, and the Bolivian side is in the Potosí Department, Daniel Campos Province, Llica Municipality. Iruputuncu is southeast of Mount Candelaria, west of the Salar de Uyuni salt flat and south of the Umani. It is about 4,200 m (13,780 ft) high.