Yanaqucha (Melgar)

This article is about the mountain in the Santa Rosa District of the Melgar Province in Peru. For other uses, see Yanaqucha (disambiguation).
Yanaqucha
Yanaqucha

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,105 m (16,749 ft)[1]
Coordinates 14°27′22″S 70°54′07″W / 14.45611°S 70.90194°W / -14.45611; -70.90194Coordinates: 14°27′22″S 70°54′07″W / 14.45611°S 70.90194°W / -14.45611; -70.90194
Geography
Location Peru, Puno Region
Parent range Andes, La Raya

Yanaqucha (Quechua yana black, qucha lake,[2] "black lake", Hispanicized spelling Yanacocha) is a 5,105-metre-high (16,749 ft) mountain in the La Raya mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is situated in the Puno Region, Melgar Province, Santa Rosa District. Yanaqucha lies near the La Raya pass northwest of Khunurana, Puka Urqu and Mamaniri and southeast of Chimpulla.[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 Peru 1:100,000, Palca 2742, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
  2. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Melgar Province (Puno Region)


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