Chiñi Lakha

Chiñi Lakha
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
Geography
Chiñi Lakha Peru
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]

References

1. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Mariscal Nieto Province (Moquegua 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)