Chiqllarasu

For the mountain in the Ancash Region, Peru, see Chiqllarahu.
Chiqllarasu
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°W / -13.375806; -74.638417Coordinates: 13°22′32.9″S 74°38′18.3″W / 13.375806°S 74.638417°W / -13.375806; -74.638417[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

  1. mapcarta.com "Nevado Portuguesa", retrieved on May 27, 2013
  2. Vocabulario comparativo quechua ecuatoriano - quechua ancashino -- castellano - English (pdf) (5-vowel-system): cheqlla - green
  3. babylon.com rasu - s. snow; ice; mountain with snow
  4. 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
  5. 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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