Osjollo Anante Explained

Osjollo Anante
Native Name Lang:aym
Translation:the one with a big needle
Elevation M:5500
Elevation Ref:[1]
Location:Peru
Range:Andes, Vilcanota
Map:Peru
Label Position:left
Map Size:200
Coordinates:-13.7536°N -71.1°W
Coordinates Ref:[2]

Osjollo Anante (possibly from Quechua usqullu Andean mountain cat,) is a mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru near a lake of the same name. The mountain is about 5500m (18,000feet) high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, Pitumarca District, and in the Quispicanchi Province, Ocongate District. Osjollo Anante lies southwest of the mountains Jatunñaño Punta and Chumpe, west of Uriyuq, northwest of Cuncapata and northwest of the lake Sibinacocha and northeast of Japu Japu.[1]

The lake named Osjollo Ananta lies southwest of the mountain in the Pitumarca District at .[2]

Notes and References

  1. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Quispicanchi Province 1 (Cusco Region)
  2. Web site: Nevados. . IGN, Peru. January 17, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20140812150342/http://www.ign.gob.pe/index.php?PG=Nomenclatorp&OPC=13&paginasok=3. August 12, 2014. dead.