K'ara K'ara (
Aymara
Aymara may refer to:
Languages and people
* Aymaran languages, the second most widespread Andean language
** Aymara language, the main language within that family
** Central Aymara, the other surviving branch of the Aymara(n) family, which today ...
for
crest
Crest or CREST may refer to:
Buildings
* The Crest (Huntington, New York), a historic house in Suffolk County, New York
* "The Crest", an alternate name for 63 Wall Street, in Manhattan, New York
* Crest Castle (Château Du Crest), Jussy, Sw ...
,
[ see: ''Cresta de los pájaros''] Hispanicized spelling ''Caracara'') is a mountain in the
Andes
The Andes ( ), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (; ) are the List of longest mountain chains on Earth, longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range ...
of southern
Peru
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, about high . It is located in the
Tacna Region
Tacna (; Aymara language, Aymara and Quechuan languages, Quechua: ''Taqna'') is the southernmost Regions of Peru, department and Regional Government of Tacna, region in Peru. The Chilean Army occupied the present-day Tacna Department during the W ...
,
Candarave Province,
Candarave District
Candarave District is one of six districts of the province Candarave in Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the s ...
. K'ara K'ara lies southwest of
K'ank'awi.
[escale.minedu.gob.pe – UGEL map of the Candarave Province (Tacna Region)]
K'ara K'ara is also the name of an intermittent stream which originates west of the mountain. It flows to the west.
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References
Five-thousanders of the Andes
Mountains of the Department of Tacna
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