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Yanaqucha (Melgar)

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Mountain in Peru
Yanaqucha
Yanaqucha is located in PeruYanaquchaYanaquchaPeru
Highest point
Elevation5,105 m (16,749 ft)
Coordinates14°27′22″S 70°54′07″W / 14.45611°S 70.90194°W / -14.45611; -70.90194
Geography
LocationPeru, Puno Region
Parent rangeAndes, La Raya

Yanaqucha (Quechua yana black, qucha lake, "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 Santa Rosa District, Melgar Province, Puno Region. Yanaqucha lies near the La Raya pass northwest of Khunurana, Puka Urqu and Mamaniri and southeast of Chimpulla.

References

  1. ^ Peru 1:100,000, Palca 2742, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
  2. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  3. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Melgar Province (Puno Region)


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