Potosí mountain range, Mountain range east of Potosí, Bolivia

The Potosí mountain range runs at least 25 km north to south, east and southeast of the city of Potosí. Its highest summit is Khunurana (Anaruyu) at 5,071 m, and the range's features are the product of the Khari Khari caldera, about 40 km long and 25 km at its widest. Locals split it into the Khari Khari range in the north, whose highest point is Khari Khari at 5,040 m, and Anta Q'awa in the south, separated by the Jach'a Molino Pampa depression.

The German alpinist Henry Hoek named the range Cordillera de Potosí in 1903 and published papers on it, recording local names. Local inhabitants instead call the northern part Khari Khari and the southern part Anta Q'awa, separated by the Jach'a Molino Pampa depression. During the colonial epoch up to 32 artificial lakes were built in the Khari Khari range to power the mines' smelters.

Locals call the northern section Khari Khari and the southern one Anta Q'awa, separated by the Jach'a Molino Pampa depression. The name Cordillera de Potosí was given by German alpinist Henry Hoek in 1903, who recorded local names and published papers on the range. The Khari Khari caldera, about 40 km long and 25 km wide, was formed by volcanic activity.

The range lies east and southeast of Potosí city, split by the Jach'a Molino Pampa depression into Khari Khari in the north and Anta Q'awa in the south. Khunurana (Anaruyu) reaches 5,071 m, and Khari Khari 5,040 m. The lakes of the Khari Khari systems still supply the city's water.

The range's two sections are separated by a depression called Jach'a Molino Pampa; locals name the northern part Khari Khari and the southern part Anta Q'awa, not Potosí. The German alpinist Henry Hoek coined the name Cordillera de Potosí in 1903 after collecting local place names.