Anticona | |
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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[2] |
Geography | |
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.