Chiaracce (Melgar)

This article is about the mountain in the Melgar Province, Puno Region, Peru. For other uses, see Ch'iyar Jaqhi.

Chiaracce (possibly from Aymara ch'iyara black, jaqhi precipice, cliff,^[2] "black cliff") is a mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 4,900 metres (16,076 ft) high. It is situated in the Puno Region, Melgar Province, Nuñoa District. Chiaracce lies southeast of the mountain Chiaraje on the border of the Cusco Region and the Puno Region and east of the mountain Lliptani.^[1]

Chiaracce
Chiaracce Peru
Highest point
Elevation	4,900 m (16,100 ft)[1]
Coordinates	14°16′13″S 70°51′31″W
Geography
Location	Peru, Puno Region
Parent range	Andes, Vilcanota

References

1. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Melgar Province (Puno Region)
2. Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary)