Jach'a Sirka

Jach'a Sirka
Jach'a Sirka
	The Tixani lava dome complex (center) as seen from above with Jach'a Sirka and Chiñi Lakha southeast of it
Highest point
Elevation	5,000 m (16,000 ft)[1]
Coordinates	16°48′02″S 70°33′25″W
Geography
	Jach'a Sirka Peru
Location	Peru, Moquegua Region
Parent range	Andes

Jach'a Sirka (Aymara jach'a big, sirka vein of the body or a mine,[2] "big vein", hispanicized spellings Jacha Circa, Jachacirca) 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. Jach'a Sirka lies northeast of Chiñi Lakha and southeast of Tixani.[1]

References

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

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[escale-1] scale.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)