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Chichicapac

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Location
  
Peru, Puno Region

First ascent
  
1-1959: S. face-1974

Mountain range
  
Andes

Parent range
  
Andes, Carabaya

Elevation
  
5,614 m

Chichicapac

Similar
  
Allincapac, Cordillera Carabaya, Callangate, Chaupi Orco, Pumasillo

Chichicapac (possibly from Quechua ch'ichi shoot; dirt, dirty, chichi naked; udder full of milk; gold powder, qhapaq the mighty one, hispanicized spellings Chichicapac, Chichiccapac, Chichicápac, Chichijapac, Chichi Cápac) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru. 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 Huaynaccapac and Allincapac and northeast of the lake Chaupicocha.

Map of Ch'ichi Qhapaq, Peru

References

Chichicapac Wikipedia