Chamacane

Chamacane
Chamacane
	Chamacane Peru
Highest point
Elevation	4,800 m (15,700 ft) [1]
Coordinates	14°34′41″S 70°07′29″W
Geography
Location	Peru, Puno Region, Azángaro Province
Parent range	Andes

Chamacane (possibly from Aymara ch'amaka dark, darkness,[2] -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with dark color") is a mountain in the Peruvian Andes, about 4,800 metres (15,748 ft) high. It is located in the Puno Region, Azángaro Province, on the border of the districts Muñani and San Antón. It lies northwest of the mountain Surupana and south of Alcamarine.[1]

Chamacane is situated at the river Quellhuiri which originates northwest of the mountain. It flows to the south.[1]

References

escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Azángaro Province (Puno 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 Azángaro 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)