Chichicapac

Chichicapac
Chichicapac

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,614 m (18,419 ft) [1]
Coordinates 13°56′40″S 70°22′00″W / 13.94444°S 70.36667°W / -13.94444; -70.36667Coordinates: 13°56′40″S 70°22′00″W / 13.94444°S 70.36667°W / -13.94444; -70.36667
Geography
Location Peru, Puno Region
Parent range Andes, Carabaya
Climbing
First ascent 1-1959: S. face-1974[1]

Chichicapac (possibly from Quechua ch'ichi shoot; dirt, dirty, chichi naked; udder full of milk; gold powder, qhapaq the mighty one,[2][3][4][5] hispanicized spellings Chichicapac, Chichiccapac, Chichicápac, Chichijapac, Chichi Cápac) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru.[6] It is one of the highest peaks of the Carabaya mountain range rising up to 5,614 metres (18,419 ft). Chichicapac 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[7] and northeast of the lake Chawpiqucha.

References

  1. 1 2 Taken from Mountaineering in the Andes by Jill Neate RGS-IBG Expedition Advisory Centre, 2nd edition, May 1994
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ Apurimaqpaq Runasimi Taqe (Apurímac Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  5. ↑ Ricardo N. Alonso, Diccionario minero: glosario de voces utilizadas por los mineros de Iberoamérica, p. 85, see: Chiche
  6. ↑ lib.utexas.edu Map of the area
  7. ↑ Michael Cocker, Frost, Dust and Tear Gas, Exploratory Mountaineering in the Peruvian Cordillera Carabaya, in: Alpine Journal 2008, p. 53-69


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