Asu Asuni
Elevation5088 m
LocationBolivia
Oruro Department, Sajama Province, Turco Municipality
RangeAndes, Cordillera Occidental
Coordinates18°13′13″S 68°31′20″W

Asu Asuni (Aymara asu newborn creature,[1] the reduplication signifies there is a group or a complex of something, -ni a nominal suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with some newborn creatures") is a 5,088-metre (16,693-foot) mountain in a volcanic complex[2] in the Cordillera Occidental in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the Oruro Department, Sajama Province, Turco Municipality, Turco Canton.[3] It is situated southeast of the extinct Sajama volcano (3 km), between the Chullkani volcano in the west (3 km) and Turco in the east, at the National Route 27.

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  2. ^ Gabriela Vargas-Mattos, Mauro César Geraldes, Ramiro Matos Salinas, Reconstrucción geológica del volcán Chullcani (mioceno superior a plioceno superior): Consideraciónes generales sobre geoquímica y edad de las fases volcánicas, Andes Centrales de Bolivia, Revista Brasileira de Geociências, 12/2006
  3. ^ "Turco". Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved December 30, 2012.