Earth:Suni K'ira
| Suni K'ira | |
|---|---|
  Suni K'ira Location in Bolivia | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 5,899 m (19,354 ft) [1] |
| Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] : 22°00′34″S 67°13′08″W / 22.00944°S 67.21889°W |
| Geography | |
| Location | Bolivia Potosí Department |
| Parent range | Andes |
| Geology | |
| Age of rock | Pleistocene |
| Mountain type | Shield volcano |
Suni K'ira (Quechua suni 'long', k'ira 'prop, support';[2] hispanicized spellings Sonequera, Soniquera, Suniquera, Suniquira) is a 5,899-metre-high (19,354 ft) shield volcano[3][4] in Bolivia. It is located in the Potosí Department, Nor Lípez Province, Colcha "K" Municipality, and in the Sud Lípez Province, San Pablo de Lípez Municipality. It lies north of the Uturunku volcano.[5]
The volcano rises 1,600–1,700 metres (5,200–5,600 ft) above the surrounding terrain.[6] Suni K'ira is the source of an ignimbrite,[3] and it features a caldera at the intersection of several faults.[6] The volcano features cirques which were formerly considered to be craters, leading to the belief that eruptions occurred during the Holocene.
Rock samples taken from Suni K'ira consist of andesite and dacite. The former contains latite and quartz and the latter biotite and hornblende.[3]
Polylepis tarapacana trees grow on its slopes.[7]
References
- ↑ Bolivian IGM map 1:250,000 Cerro Zapaleri SF 19-12
- ↑ Template:Ref Simi (5-vowel system)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Fernández, A.C.; Hörmann, P.K.; Kussmaul, S.; Meave, J.; Pichler, H.; Subieta, T. (1 September 1973). "First petrologic data on young volcanic rocks of SW-Bolivia" (in English). Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen 19 (3): 160–162. doi:10.1007/BF01167425. ISSN 0369-1497.
- ↑ "Sunequera". Smithsonian Institution. https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=355837.
- ↑ "San Pablo de Lípez". http://www.ine.gob.bo/publicaciones/visorPdf.aspx?Codigo=051001&tipo=1. Retrieved January 22, 2016. (unnamed)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Kussmaul, S.; Hörmann, P.K.; Ploskonka, E.; Subieta, T. (1 April 1977). "Volcanism and structure of southwestern Bolivia". Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 2 (1): 87–88. doi:10.1016/0377-0273(77)90016-6.
- ↑ Argollo, Jaime; Soliz, Claudia; Villalba, Ricardo (2004). "Potencialidad dendrocronológica de Polylepis tarapacana en los Andes Centrales de Bolivia" (in es). Ecología en Bolivia 39 (1): 5–24. ISSN 1605-2528. http://www.scielo.org.bo/scielo.php?pid=S1605-25282004000700002&script=sci_arttext&tlng=es.
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