Anticona

Anticona
Ridge leading to the top of Anticona
Highest point
Elevation 5,150 m (16,900 ft) [1]
Coordinates 11°35′05″S 76°10′50″W / 11.58472°S 76.18056°W / -11.58472; -76.18056Coordinates: 11°35′05″S 76°10′50″W / 11.58472°S 76.18056°W / -11.58472; -76.18056 [2]
Geography
Anticona
Peru
Location Peru, Junín Region, Lima Region
Parent range Andes
Climbing
First ascent West: 1-1956 via S. rocks & ridge.[3]

Anticona (possibly from Quechua for metals or minerals, the inhabitants of the rainforest[4] or the Andes), also called Ticlio, is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5,150 metres (16,896 ft) high. It is located in the Lima Region, Huarochiri Province, Chicla District, and in the Junín Region, Yauli Province, Morococha District.[5] Anticona lies between the Ticlio mountain pass in the southwest and Yanashinga in the northeast, northwest of a lake named Huacracocha.

References

  1. ↑ montanasperuanas.com "Anticona"
  2. ↑ ign.gob.pe IGN, Peru
  3. ↑ Taken from Mountaineering in the Andes by Jill Neate, RGS-IBG Expedition Advisory Centre, 2nd edition, May 1994
  4. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  5. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huarochiri Province (Lima Region)


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