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Chiaraje (Cusco-Puno)

Coordinates: 14°14′58″S 70°53′15″W / 14.24944°S 70.88750°W / -14.24944; -70.88750
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Chiaraje
Chiaraje is located in Peru
Chiaraje
Chiaraje
Peru
Highest point
Elevation4,900 m (16,100 ft)[1]
Coordinates14°14′58″S 70°53′15″W / 14.24944°S 70.88750°W / -14.24944; -70.88750
Geography
LocationPeru, Cusco Region, Puno Region
Parent rangeAndes, Vilcanota

Chiaraje (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 Cusco Region, Canchis Province, Sicuani District, and in the Puno Region, Melgar Province, Nuñoa District. Chiaraje lies south-west of the mountain Sambo and north-west of the mountain Chiaracce of the Nuñoa District.[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)