Ch'ichi Qhapaq
| Ch'ichi Qhapaq | |
|---|---|
  Ch'ichi Qhapaq Peru | |
| Elevation | 5,614 m (18,419 ft)[1] |
| Location | |
| Location | Peru, Puno Region |
| Range | Andes, Kallawaya |
| Coordinates | 13°56′40″S 70°22′00″W / 13.94444°S 70.36667°WCoordinates: 13°56′40″S 70°22′00″W / 13.94444°S 70.36667°W |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1-1959: S. face-1974[1] |
Ch'ichi Qhapaq or Chichi Qhapaq (Quechua ch'ichi shoot / dirt, dirty, chichi naked / udder full of milk, qhapaq the mighty one,[2][3][4] hispanicized spellings Chichicapac, Chichiccapac, Chichicápac, Chichijapac, Chichi Cápac) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru.[5] It is one of the highest peaks of the Kallawaya mountain range rising up to 5,614 metres (18,419 ft). Ch'ichi Qhapaq is located in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, on the border of the districts of Ayapata and Macusani. It lies southeast of the higher mountains Wayna Qhapaq and Allin Qhapaq[6] and northeast of the lake Chawpiqucha.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Taken from Mountaineering in the Andes by Jill Neate RGS-IBG Expedition Advisory Centre, 2nd edition, May 1994
- ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
- ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
- ↑ Apurimaqpaq Runasimi Taqe (Apurímac Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
- ↑ lib.utexas.edu Map of the area
- ↑ Michael Cocker, Frost, Dust and Tear Gas, Exploratory Mountaineering in the Peruvian Cordillera Carabaya, in: Alpine Journal 2008, p. 53-69
