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 (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]

Ticlla
The Colca River and Ticlla northwest of it (upper left rim of this image) as seen from the ISS
Highest point
Elevation	5,303 m (17,398 ft)[1]
Coordinates	15°24′44″S 72°12′32″W
Naming
Language of name	Quechua
Geography
Ticlla Peru
Location	Peru, Arequipa Region
Parent range	Andes, Chila