Kimsa Chata (Bolivia-Chile)

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Template:Short description Template:About Template:Infobox mountain Kimsa Chata or Kimsachata (Aymara and Quechua kimsa three,<ref>www.katari.org Template:Webarchive Aymara-Spanish dictionary: Kimsa (adj.) - Número Tres.</ref> Pukina chata mountain,<ref>Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Lengua Pukina en Jesús de Machaca, referring to Alfredo Torero ("Reflexión acerca del pukina escrito por Alfredo Torero ... Pukina <Chata> - Castellano Cerro - Palabras relacionadas en aymara Qullu") (English: mountain). ... Existencia de palabras pukinas en Jesús de Machaca: Qullunaka (cerros): Kimsa Chata</ref> "three mountains", Hispanicized Quimsa Chata, Quimsachata) is an Template:Convert-long volcanic complex on a north–south alignment along the border between Bolivia and Chile, overseeing Chungara Lake. It contains three peaks, all stratovolcanoes.

The group is formed - from north to south - by Umurata (Template:Convert), Acotango (Template:Convert) and Capurata (Template:Convert) (also known as Cerro Elena Capurata). The active volcano Guallatiri (Wallatiri) west of Capurata is sometimes considered part of the group.

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