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Pacocollo

Coordinates: 16°46′39″S 70°18′05″W / 16.77750°S 70.30139°W / -16.77750; -70.30139
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Pacocollo
Chancane
Pacocollo is located in Peru
Pacocollo
Pacocollo
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,113 m (16,775 ft)[1]
Coordinates16°46′39″S 70°18′05″W / 16.77750°S 70.30139°W / -16.77750; -70.30139
Geography
LocationPeru, Moquegua Region, Tacna Region
Parent rangeAndes

Pacocollo also known as Chancane (possibly from Aymara ch'ankha wool cord,[2] -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with a cord"), is a 5,113-metre-high (16,775 ft) mountain in the Andes of southern Peru. It is located in the Moquegua Region, Mariscal Nieto Province, Carumas District, and in the Tacna Region, Candarave Province, Candarave District. Pacocollo lies west of a lake named Pasto Grande or Ajuachaya and Wila Wilani.[3][4][5]

References

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  1. ^ Proyecto de Ley, Ley de Demarcación y Organización Territorial de la Provincia Candarave en el Departamento Tacna, Lima 2006
  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)
  3. ^ Proyecto de Ley No. 3355, Ley de Saneamiento y Organización Territorial de la Provincia y Distritos de Candarave, del Departamento de Tacna, Lima 2014
  4. ^ Peru 1:100,000, Hospicio 2837, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
  5. ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Candarave Province (Tacna Region)