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Chiaracce (Melgar)

Coordinates: 14°16′13″S 70°51′31″W / 14.27028°S 70.85861°W / -14.27028; -70.85861
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Chiaracce
Chiaracce is located in Peru
Chiaracce
Chiaracce
Peru
Highest point
Elevation4,900 m (16,100 ft)[1]
Coordinates14°16′13″S 70°51′31″W / 14.27028°S 70.85861°W / -14.27028; -70.85861
Geography
LocationPeru, Puno Region
Parent rangeAndes, Vilcanota

Chiaracce (possibly from Aymara ch'iyara black, jaqhi precipice, cliff,[2] "black cliff") is a mountain in the Vilcanota 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. Chiaracce lies southeast of the mountain Chiaraje on the border of the Cusco Region and the Puno Region and east of the mountain Lliptani.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b 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)