Chiñi Lakha ( Aymara ''chiñi''

bat Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera.''cheir'', "hand" and πτερόν''pteron'', "wing". With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are more agile in flight than most bi ...

, ''lakha'' mouth, "bat's mouth", Hispanicized spellings ''Chinilaca, Chiñilaca'') is a mountain in the

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of southern

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, about high. It is located in the Moquegua Region,

Mariscal Nieto Province 160px, Cathedral of Moquegua The Mariscal Nieto Province (Spanish ''mariscal'' marshal) is the largest of three provinces that make up the Moquegua Region of Peru. The capital of the province is the city of Moquegua. Boundaries *North: General S ...

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. Chiñi Lakha lies southwest of

Jach'a Sirka Jach'a Sirka (Aymara ''jach'a'' big, ''sirka'' vein of the body or a mine, "big vein", hispanicized spellings ''Jacha Circa, Jachacirca'') is a mountain in the Andes of southern Peru, about high. It is located in the Moquegua Region, Mariscal Ni ...

and southeast of Tixani. Chiñi Lakha is also the name of an intermittent stream which originates north of the mountain. It flows to the west.

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