Chullpiri, Mountain summit in Sebastián Pagador Province, Bolivia.
Chullpiri is a 5,018-metre-high mountain in the Andes of Bolivia, east of Poopó Lake. It lies in the Oruro Department, Sebastián Pagador Province, southeast of Wila Sirka and Sirk'i, northeast of Ch'alla Phujru, and south of the Anta Qullu valley.
The name comes from the Aymara language and refers to 'chullpa', ancient funerary towers built by pre-Columbian civilizations in this region. These burial structures show the long human history in the Bolivian highlands.
The name Chullpiri comes from Aymara: chullpa is an ancient funerary building and -(i)ri is a suffix, so the peak is named after the pre-Columbian burial towers of the Bolivian highlands. The mountain stands in the Santiago de Huari Municipality, where Aymara is the language behind the surrounding place names.
Chullpiri stands 5,018 metres high east of Poopó Lake, in the Santiago de Huari Municipality of Oruro Department. It lies southeast of Wila Sirka and Sirk'i and northeast of Ch'alla Phujru, south of the Anta Qullu valley. Approach from the Santiago de Huari side, and allow time to acclimatise before walking up to the summit.
The summit offers unobstructed views of the Anta Qullu valley and neighboring peaks Wila Sirka and Sirk'i, which shape the southeastern mountain complex. This rare vantage point reveals the complexity of the landscape in this remote area.
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