Ch'iyar Jaqhi (Melgar)

Ch'iyar Jaqhi
Ch'iyar Jaqhi
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 4,900 m (16,100 ft) [1]
Coordinates 14°16′13″S 70°51′31″W / 14.27028°S 70.85861°W / -14.27028; -70.85861Coordinates: 14°16′13″S 70°51′31″W / 14.27028°S 70.85861°W / -14.27028; -70.85861 
Geography
Location Peru, Puno Region
Parent range Andes, Willkanuta

Ch'iyar Jaqhi (Aymara ch'iyara black, jaqhi precipice, cliff,[2] "black cliff", hispanicized spelling Chiaracce) 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 Puno Region, Melgar Province, Nuñoa District. Ch'iyar Jaqhi lies southeast of the mountain Ch'iyar Jaqhi on the border of the Cusco Region and the Puno Region and east of the mountain Lliptani.[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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