Ananta (Arequipa)
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Ananta is a mountain in the
Arequipa Region Arequipa () is a department and region in southwestern Peru. It is the sixth largest department in Peru, after Puno, Cuzco, Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto, its sixth most populous department, and its eleventh least densely populated dep ...
in the
Andes The Andes ( ), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (; ) are the List of longest mountain chains on Earth, longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range ...
of
Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...
, about high. It is situated in the Caylloma Province, on the border of the districts Achoma and
Yanque Yanque (possibly from Quechua for clay, ''Yanki'' means "exchange" or "North American" in Quechua) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Junín Region, Yauli Province, Carhuacayan District, and in the Lima Region, Huaral Pr ...
. Ananta lies east of the dormant volcano
Ampato Ampato (possibly from Quechua ''hamp'atu'' or from Aymara ''jamp'atu'', both meaning "frog") is a dormant stratovolcano in the Andes of southern Peru. It lies about northwest of Arequipa and is part of a north-south chain that includes the v ...
and south-west of the mountain Warank'anthi.escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Caylloma Province 2 (Arequipa Region)


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Five-thousanders of the Andes Mountains of the Department of Arequipa {{Arequipa-geo-stub