Tiklla (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.
Tiklla
Tiklla

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,303 m (17,398 ft) [1]
Coordinates 15°24′44″S 72°12′32″W / 15.41222°S 72.20889°W / -15.41222; -72.20889Coordinates: 15°24′44″S 72°12′32″W / 15.41222°S 72.20889°W / -15.41222; -72.20889
Geography
Location Peru, Arequipa Region
Parent range Andes, Chila

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

References

  1. 1 2 "Cerro Ticlla". IGN, Peru. Retrieved May 28, 2015.
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ "Diccionario Bilingüe Castellano-Aymara 2002". Félix Laime Pairumani. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
  5. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Caylloma Province 1 (Arequipa Region)


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