Chilcayoc

{{Short description|Mountain in Peru}}

{{About||the district in Peru|Chilcayoc District{{!}}Chilcayoc District}}

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| name = Chilcayoc

| photo = Valley of the Volcanoes.jpg

| photo_caption = The "Valley of the Volcanoes" as seen from above with the volcanoes Chilcayoc and Jechapita (on the right, in the background), Chilcayoc Grande (in the center) and Chachas Lake (on the bottom)

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| range = Andes

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| location = Peru, Arequipa Region

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Chilcayoc (possibly from Quechua ch'illka baccharis,Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005: ch'illka - s. Bot. (Bacharis molino. Bacharis polyantha kunth). -yuq a suffix to indicate possession, "the one that has got baccharis" or "the one with baccharis") is a volcano in the Andes of Peru, about {{convert|3347|m|ft|0}} high.Mariusz Krzak, Ruch turystyczny w rejonie Arequipy i możliwości jego rozwoju w Dolinie Wulkanów (prowincja Castilla) w południowym Peru (Tourist movement in the Arequipa region and the possibilities of its development in the Valley of the Volcanoes (Castilla province) in Southern Peru), GeoTURYSTYKA, 2 (2005) 3-22 (In Polish containing a summary in English on p. 19-22) It is situated in the "Valley of the Volcanoes" in the Arequipa Region, Castilla Province, Andagua District.escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL Map of the Castilla Province (1) (Arequipa Region) Chilcayoc lies west of the Chachas Lake and north of the volcano Jechapita.

South-east of Chilcayoc and Jechapita there is another volcano named Chilcayoc Grande which is {{convert|3243|m|ft|0}} high.

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