Ticlla (Castilla)

This article is about the mountain in the Castilla Province, Arequipa Region, Peru. For other uses, see Tiklla (disambiguation). For the mountain in the Lima Region, Peru, named Tiklla or Qutuni, see Qutuni.
Ticlla
The Colca River and Ticlla northwest of it (upper left rim of this image) as seen from the ISS
Highest point
Elevation5,303 m (17,398 ft)[1]
Coordinates15°24′44″S 72°12′32″W / 15.41222°S 72.20889°W / -15.41222; -72.20889
Naming
Language of nameQuechua
Geography
Ticlla is located in Peru
Ticlla
Ticlla
Peru
LocationPeru, Arequipa Region
Parent rangeAndes, Chila

Ticlla (possibly from Quechua for eyelash; two-colored,[2][3] or for 'with alternating colors')[4] is a 5,303-metre-high (17,398 ft) mountain in the Chila mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Arequipa Region, Castilla Province, Chachas District. Ticlla lies southwest of Chila and Chila Pillune at a valley named Puncuhuaico (possibly from Quechua for p'unqu pond, dam, wayq'u valley or stream). Its intermittent stream flows to Chachas Lake.[1][5]

  1. ^ a b "Cerro Ticlla". IGN, Peru. Retrieved May 28, 2015.
  2. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Diccionario Bilingüe Castellano - Quechua -Quechua - Castellano, 2002". Félix Layme Pairumani. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
  5. ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Caylloma Province 1 (Arequipa Region)