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Yanaqucha (Carabaya)

Coordinates: 13°46′12″S 70°39′21″W / 13.77000°S 70.65583°W / -13.77000; -70.65583
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Yanaqucha
Yanaqucha is located in Peru
Yanaqucha
Yanaqucha
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,000 m (16,000 ft)[1]
Coordinates13°46′12″S 70°39′21″W / 13.77000°S 70.65583°W / -13.77000; -70.65583
Geography
LocationPeru, Puno Region
Parent rangeAndes, Willkanuta

Yanaqucha (Quechua yana black, qucha lake,[2] "black lake", Hispanicized spelling Yanacocha) is a mountain at a small lake of the same name in the Willkanuta mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. The mountain is located in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, on the border of the districts Corani and Ollachea. It lies southeast of the mountain Rit'i Wasi, northeast of the mountain T'ika Pallana and east of the mountain Llusk'a Rit'i and the lake Khichu Suytuqucha (Quicho Suytococha).[1]

The lake Yanaqucha lies south of the mountain in the Corani District[1] at 13°46′45″S 70°39′09″W / 13.77917°S 70.65250°W / -13.77917; -70.65250.

References

  1. ^ a b c escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Quispicanchi Province 2 (Cusco Region)
  2. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.