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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