Callangate

For the mountain on the border of the regions of Cusco and Puno, Peru, see Chimpulla.

Callangate
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
Geography
Callangate Peru
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]

First ascent

Callangate was first climbed by Germans Günther Hauser and Bernhard Kuhn on 30 July 1957.[2]

Elevation

Other data from available digital elevation models: SRTM 6104 metres.[12] The height of the nearest key col is 4707 meters, leading to a topographic prominence of 1403 meters.[13] Callangate is considered a Mountain Subrange according to the Dominance System [14] and its dominance is 22.96%. Its parent peak is Ausangate and the Topographic isolation is 9.7 kilometers.[13]

See also

• Condoriquiña
• Comercocha
• List of mountains in Peru
• List of mountains in the Andes

References

1. "Callangate / Collpa Ananta / Cayangate". Andes Specialists. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
2. "AAJ (American Alpine Journal)". AAJ (American Alpine Journal): 109–110. 1958.
3. John Biggar. "Callangate". Andes Website. Andes.org.uk. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
4. "Callangate - Peakbagger.com". peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2016-09-08.
5. Peru 1:100 000, Ocongate (28-t). IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú).
6. lib.utexas.edu Map of the area showing "Collpa Ananta"
7. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL maps of the Quispicanchi Province 1 (Cusco Region)
8. 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)
9. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
10. "Callangate - Cusco, Peru • peakery". Peakery.com. Archived from the original on 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2013-01-14.
11. PERU, Autor: GEO GPS. "Base de datos Perú - Shapefile - *.shp - MINAM - IGN - Límites Políticos". Retrieved 2020-04-30.
12. NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory. "Shuttle Radar Topographic Mission - Filled Data V2". Retrieved 12 April 2020.
13. "Callangate / Collpa Ananta / Cayangate". Andes Specialists. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
14. "Dominance - Page 2". www.8000ers.com. Retrieved 2020-04-12.

External links

• Elevation information about Callangate
• Weather Forecast at Callangate