Callangate | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 6,110 m (20,050 ft) |
Prominence | 1,403 m (4,603 ft)[1] |
Parent peak | Ausangate |
Coordinates | 13°43′53″S 71°09′36″W / 13.73139°S 71.16000°W |
Geography | |
Location | Cusco Region, Peru |
Parent range | Andes, Vilcanota |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 30 July 1957, Günther Hauser, Bernhard Kuhn (Germany)[2] |
Callangate or Ccallangate is a mountain massif in the Vilcanota mountain range of the Andes in Peru.[3][4] Its highest point is Collpa Ananta[5][6][7] (possibly from Aymara and Quechua qullpa, "saltpeter"),[8][9] also known as Chimboya, with an elevation of 6,110 metres (20,046 ft).[4][5] Another peak in the massif is called Ccallangate.[5] It lies in the Cusco Region, Quispicanchi Province, Ocongate District.[7][6] Collpa Ananta is the second-highest peak in Cusco, and ranks as the 24th highest in Peru.[10][11]