Ch'iyar Jaqhi (Cusco-Puno)

This article is about the mountain on the border of the Cusco Region and the Puno Region, Peru. For other uses, see Ch'iyar Jaqhi.
Ch'iyar Jaqhi
Ch'iyar Jaqhi

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 4,900 m (16,100 ft)[1]
Coordinates 14°14′58″S 70°53′15″W / 14.24944°S 70.88750°W / -14.24944; -70.88750Coordinates: 14°14′58″S 70°53′15″W / 14.24944°S 70.88750°W / -14.24944; -70.88750
Geography
Location Peru, Cusco Region, Puno Region
Parent range Andes, Willkanuta

Ch'iyar Jaqhi (Aymara ch'iyara black, jaqhi precipice, cliff,[2] "black cliff", hispanicized spelling Chiaraje) is a mountain in the Willkanuta mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 4,900 metres (16,076 ft) high. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, Sicuani District, and in the Puno Region, Melgar Province, Nuñoa District. Ch'iyar Jaqhi lies south-west of the mountain Sampu and north-west of the mountain Ch'iyar Jaqhi of the Nuñoa District.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Melgar Province (Puno Region)
  2. Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary)


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