Chiqllarasu
For the mountain in the Ancash Region, Peru, see Chiqllarahu.
Chiqllarasu | |
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Chiqllarasu Peru | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 5,167 m (16,952 ft) |
Coordinates | 13°22′32.9″S 74°38′18.3″W / 13.375806°S 74.638417°WCoordinates: 13°22′32.9″S 74°38′18.3″W / 13.375806°S 74.638417°W [1] |
Geography | |
Location | Peru, Ayacucho Region |
Parent range | Andes |
Chiqllarasu (Quechua, chiqlla green,[2] Ancash Quechua rasu snow, ice, mountain with snow,[3] hispanicized spelling Chicllarazo) Portugueza or Portuguesa[4][5] is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5,167 metres (16,952 ft) high. It is situated in the Ayacucho Region, Cangallo Province, Paras District. Chiqllarasu lies north-east of the mountain Saywa Q'asa, between the villages Patawasi (Patahuasi) in the northwest and Kichkawasi (Quichcahuasi) in the southeast.
References
- ↑ mapcarta.com "Nevado Portuguesa", retrieved on May 27, 2013
- ↑ Vocabulario comparativo quechua ecuatoriano - quechua ancashino -- castellano - English Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. (pdf) (5-vowel-system): cheqlla - green
- ↑ babylon.com rasu - s. snow; ice; mountain with snow
- ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huamanga Province (Ayacucho Region) showing "Nevado Portugueza" in the Paras District (Cangallo Province, Ayacucho Region) southeast of Patahuasi
- ↑ The American Alpine Journal, vol. 20, No. 2, 1976, p. 495: "... I climbed Chicllarazo (16,925 feet, 5167 meters) from here on June 17 via Patahuasi and its west ridge. This is the gray glacier-hung peak seen east from the pass which on modern maps has unnecessarily been called "Nevado Portuguesa ."
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