Nuevo Mundo volcano
| Jatun Mundo Quri Warani | |
|---|---|
 Jatun Mundo Quri Warani
|
|
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 5,438 m (17,841 ft) |
| Prominence | 738 m (2,421 ft) |
| Coordinates | 19°46′27″S 66°28′42″W / 19.77417°S 66.47833°WCoordinates: 19°46′27″S 66°28′42″W / 19.77417°S 66.47833°W |
| Geography | |
| Location | Bolivia |
| Parent range | Cordillera Oriental |
| Geology | |
| Age of rock | Holocene |
| Mountain type | Stratovolcano |
| Last eruption | c. 1400 |
Jatun Mundo Quri Warani (hispanicized spellings Jatun Mundo Khori Huarani, Jatun Mundo Khorihuarani), also known as Nuevo Mundo, is a stratovolcano, lava dome and a lava flow complex between Potosí and Uyuni, Bolivia, in the Andes rising to a peak at 5,438 m (17,841 ft). It is located in the Potosí Department, Antonio Quijarro Province, Tomave Municipality. It lies northeast of the peaks of Uyuni, Kuntur Chukuña and Chuqi Warani and south of Sirk'i.
The term Jatun Mundo Quri Warani contains Quechua and/or Aymara words (jatun "big", quri "gold", warani "the one with a scepter" or "constellation").Mundo (Spanish for "world") is possibly a hispanicized or a broken word of native origin. As it is an unusually long name it may erroneously be composed of two alternate names, either Jatun Mundo or Quri Warani, as it occurred with Pacha Qullu (or Kimsa Misa) which is also sometimes regarded as Pacha Kkollu Quimsa Misa.
To denominate this mountain the Bolivian government only uses the native term and not 'Nuevo Mundo'.
Nuevo Mundo according to the maps of the Bolivian Instituto Geográfico Militar (IGM) is another peak at 21°56′11″S 66°55′09″W / 21.93639°S 66.91917°W southwest of the Lípez volcano (5,933 m (19,465 ft)) which reaches a height of approximately 5,500 m (18,000 ft).
...
Wikipedia