Chiñi Lakha | |
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![]() The Tixani lava dome complex (center) as seen from above with Chiñi Lakha and
Jach'a Sirka southeast of it | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 5,000 m (16,000 ft) [1] |
Coordinates | 16°48′29″S 70°33′36″W / 16.80806°S 70.56000°W |
Geography | |
Location | Peru, Moquegua Region |
Parent range | Andes |
Chiñi Lakha ( Aymara chiñi bat, lakha mouth, [2] "bat's mouth", Hispanicized spellings Chinilaca, Chiñilaca) is a mountain in the Andes of southern Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is located in the Moquegua Region, Mariscal Nieto Province, Carumas District. Chiñi Lakha lies southwest of Jach'a Sirka and southeast of Tixani. [1]
Chiñi Lakha is also the name of an intermittent stream which originates north of the mountain. It flows to the west. [1]
Chiñi Lakha | |
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![]() The Tixani lava dome complex (center) as seen from above with Chiñi Lakha and
Jach'a Sirka southeast of it | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 5,000 m (16,000 ft) [1] |
Coordinates | 16°48′29″S 70°33′36″W / 16.80806°S 70.56000°W |
Geography | |
Location | Peru, Moquegua Region |
Parent range | Andes |
Chiñi Lakha ( Aymara chiñi bat, lakha mouth, [2] "bat's mouth", Hispanicized spellings Chinilaca, Chiñilaca) is a mountain in the Andes of southern Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is located in the Moquegua Region, Mariscal Nieto Province, Carumas District. Chiñi Lakha lies southwest of Jach'a Sirka and southeast of Tixani. [1]
Chiñi Lakha is also the name of an intermittent stream which originates north of the mountain. It flows to the west. [1]