Callangate

Callangate
Highest point
Elevation 6,110 m (20,050 ft)
Coordinates 13°43′53″S 71°09′36″W / 13.73139°S 71.16000°W / -13.73139; -71.16000Coordinates: 13°43′53″S 71°09′36″W / 13.73139°S 71.16000°W / -13.73139; -71.16000 
Geography
Callangate
Peru
Location Cusco Region, Peru
Parent range Andes, Vilcanota

Callangate or Ccallangate is a mountain massif in the Vilcanota mountain range of the Andes in Peru.[1][2] Its highest point is Collpa Ananta[3][4][5] (possibly from Aymara and Quechua qullpa saltpeter),[6][7] also known as Chimboya, with an elevation of 6,110 metres (20,046 ft).[2][3] Another peak in the massif is called Ccallangate.[3] It lies in the Cusco Region, Quispicanchi Province, Ocongate District.[5][4] Collpa Ananta is the second highest peak in Cusco, and ranks as the 24th highest in Peru.[8]

References

  1. ↑ John Biggar. "Callangate". Andes Website. Andes.org.uk. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Callangate - Peakbagger.com". peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2016-09-08.
  3. 1 2 3 Peru 1:100 000, Ocongate (28-t). IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú).
  4. 1 2 lib.utexas.edu Map of the area showing "Collpa Ananta"
  5. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL maps of the Quispicanchi Province 1 (Cusco Region)
  6. ↑ Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  7. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  8. ↑ "Callangate - Cusco, Peru • peakery". Peakery.com. Retrieved 2013-01-14.

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