Chichicapac (possibly from

Quechua Quechua may refer to: *Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru *Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language **So ...

''ch'ichi''

shoot In botany, a plant shoot consists of any plant stem together with its appendages, leaves and lateral buds, flowering stems, and flower buds. The new growth from seed germination that grows upward is a shoot where leaves will develop. In the spri ...

; dirt, dirty, ''chichi'' naked;

udder An udder is an organ formed of two or four mammary glands on the females of dairy animals and ruminants such as cattle, goats, and sheep. An udder is equivalent to the breast in primates and elephantine pachyderms. The udder is a single mass han ...

full of milk; gold powder, ''qhapaq'' the mighty one, Hispanicized spellings ''Chichicapac, Chichiccapac, Chichicápac, Chichijapac, Chichi Cápac'') is a mountain in the

Andes The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountains (; ) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is long, wide (widest between 18°S – 20°S ...

Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = Seal (emblem), National seal , national_motto = "Fi ...

. It is one of the highest peaks of the Carabaya mountain range rising up to . Chichicapac is located in the

Puno Region Puno () is a department and region in southeastern Peru. It is the fifth largest department in Peru, after Cuzco, Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It is bordered by Bolivia on the east, the departments of Madre de Dios on the north, Cusco ...

Carabaya Province Carabaya Province is a Provinces of Peru, province of the Puno Region located in the southern part of Peru. It is bounded on the north by the Madre de Dios Region, on the east by the Sandia Province, on the south by the provinces of Azángaro Prov ...

, on the border of the districts of Ayapata and

Macusani Macusani is a town in Southern Peru, capital of the province Carabaya in the region Puno Puno (Aymara and qu, Punu) is a city in southeastern Peru, located on the shore of Lake Titicaca. It is the capital city of the Puno Region and the Puno ...

. It lies southeast of the higher mountains Huaynaccapac and

Allincapac Allincapac, Allin Ccapac or Allin Japac (possibly from Quechua: ''allin'' good, ''qhapaq'' the mighty one)Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005: ''qhapaq'' - ''s. Hist. ...

Michael Cocker, Frost, Dust and Tear Gas, Exploratory Mountaineering in the Peruvian Cordillera Carabaya, in: Alpine Journal 2008, p. 53-69 and northeast of the lake Chaupicocha.

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Mountains of Peru Mountains of Puno Region {{Puno-geo-stub