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Tambo Quemado Destination Guide

Discover Tambo Quemado in Bolivia

Tambo Quemado in the region of Oruro is a town located in Bolivia - some 252 mi or ( 406 km ) West of Sucre , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Tambo Quemado

Local time in Tambo Quemado is now 11:37 AM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " America/La Paz " with a UTC offset of -4 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Putre, Iquique, Churigualla, Arica, and Sucre. When in this area, you might want to check out Putre . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Tambo Quemado ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Volcano Parinacota

2:19 min by Heiko Klimmer
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Ascent to the summit of Parinacota (Bolivia, 6.342) The other mountains are: Pomerape (opposite, 6.282) and Sajama (in the far, 6.542) ..

Volcano Parinacota & Lake Chungará, Chile.

0:13 min by geobonacin
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Volcano Parinacota & Lake Chungará, Chile. ..


Kanada Chile 2008281-1.wmv

0:27 min by Stephan Delker-Wegener
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Lago Chuncara, Northern Chile, one of the Highest Lakes in the World ( 4566 m ), Parinacota under clouds hardly visible, the hills to the right are already in Bolivia ..

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Interesting facts about this location

Waña Quta (Oruro)

Waña Quta (Aymara waña dry, quta lake, "dry lake", hispanicized spellings Huañakota, Huaña Kota, Huaña Khota, Huaña Kkota, Huayñakota, Huaña Q'ota) is a small lake in Bolivia located in the Oruro Department, Sajama Province. It is situated in the Sajama National Park north west of the Sajama volcano at a height of about 4,350 metres (14,270 ft). The lake is a place to discover birds like Andean Avocet, Andean Lapwing, Cattle Egret, Horned Coot, Puna Teal, Ruddy Duck and Yellow-billed Pintail.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -18.28 -69.03 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Geography of Oruro Department, Lakes of Bolivia

Chungara–Tambo Quemado

Chungara–Tambo Quemado (Spanish: Paso Chungara–Tambo Quemado) is a mountain pass through the Cordillera Occidental of the Andes along the border between Chile and Bolivia. Chungara–Tambo Quemado is one of the principal Chile-Bolivia passes in the central Andes as it connects La Paz with its nearest seaport Arica.

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Located at -18.28 -69.07 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Bolivia–Chile border crossings, Geography of Arica y Parinacota Region, Geography of Oruro Department, Mountain passes of Bolivia, Mountain passes of Chile, Mountain passes of the Andes

Chungará Lake

"Chungara" redirects here. For the journal see Chungara (journal). Chungará is a lake situated in the extreme north of Chile, in the Altiplano of Arica y Parinacota Region in the Lauca National Park. It is the 29th highest lake in the world (and the 10th highest in South America). It is near the volcanos Parinacota and Pomerape .

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Located at -18.25 -69.15 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Tags: Geography of Arica y Parinacota Region, Lakes of Chile

Nevados de Quimsachata

Nevados de Quimsachata (hispanicized) or Kimsa Chata (Aymara and Quechua kimsa three, Pukina chata mountain, "three mountains", also spelled Kimsachata, also hispanicized Quimsa Chata), is a 8 km -long volcanic complex on a north-south alignment along the border between Bolivia and Chile, overseeing Chungara Lake. It contains three peaks, all stratovolcanoes.

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Located at -18.38 -69.05 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Tags: Complex volcanoes, Stratovolcanoes of Chile, Volcanoes of Arica y Parinacota Region, Volcanoes of Oruro Department

Nevados de Payachata

Nevados de Payachata is a north-south trending complex of potentially active volcanos on the border of Bolivia and Chile, directly north of Chungará Lake. The complex contains two peaks, Pomerape to the north and Parinacota to the south. According to helium surface dating, Parinacota has erupted within the last 2000 years, while Pomerape is Pleistocene.

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Located at -18.16 -69.14 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
Tags: Complex volcanoes, Potentially active volcanoes, Volcanic groups, Volcanoes of Arica y Parinacota Region, Volcanoes of Oruro Department