Anticona

For the mountain in the Jauja Province, Junín Region, Peru, see Antikuna (Jauja).
Anticona
Ridge leading to the top of Anticona
Highest point
Elevation5,150 m (16,900 ft)[1]
Coordinates11°35′05″S 76°10′50″W / 11.58472°S 76.18056°W / -11.58472; -76.18056[2]
Geography
Anticona is located in Peru
Anticona
Anticona
Peru
LocationPeru, Junín Region, Lima Region
Parent rangeAndes
Climbing
First ascentWest: 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, Simi Taqe: Qheswa - Español - Qheswa" (PDF). Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua. Gobierno Regional del Cusco, Perú: Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua. 2005.
  5. ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huarochiri Province (Lima Region)


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