Yapu Qullu (

Aymara Aymara may refer to: Languages and people * Aymaran languages, the second most widespread Andean language ** Aymara language, the main language within that family ** Central Aymara, the other surviving branch of the Aymara(n) family, which today ...

''yapu'' field, ''qullu'' mountain, "field mountain", also spelled ''Yapu Kkollu, Yapukkollu'') is a

dome A dome () is an architectural element similar to the hollow upper half of a sphere. There is significant overlap with the term cupola, which may also refer to a dome or a structure on top of a dome. The precise definition of a dome has been a m ...

in the Cordillera Occidental of

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southeast of the summit of the

Chullkani 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 Prov ...

volcano. It is located in the

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Turco Municipality Turco Municipality is the second Municipalities of Bolivia, municipal section of the Sajama Province in the Oruro Department in Bolivia, and was founded on February 15, 1957.

, east of the Sajama River and southwest of a plain named Titi Pampa. The peak of Yapu Qullu reaches a height of .

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