Yanaqucha (Huachón)

This article is about the mountain in the Huachón District, Pasco Province, Pasco Region, Peru. For other uses, see Yanaqucha (disambiguation).
Yanaqucha
Yanaqucha

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,138 m (16,857 ft) [1]
Coordinates 10°33′57″S 75°56′30″W / 10.56583°S 75.94167°W / -10.56583; -75.94167Coordinates: 10°33′57″S 75°56′30″W / 10.56583°S 75.94167°W / -10.56583; -75.94167
Geography
Location Peru, Pasco Region
Parent range Andes, Waqurunchu

Yanaqucha (Quechua yana black, qucha lake,[2] "black lake", hispanicized spelling Yanacocha) is a 5,138 m (16,857 ft) high mountain at a little lake of that name in the Waqurunchu mountain range in the Andes of Peru. The mountain and the lake are located in the Pasco Region, Pasco Province, Huachón District, south of Waqurunchu.[1][3]

The lake named Yanaqucha lies west of the peak at 10°33′34″S 75°55′48″W / 10.55944°S 75.93000°W / -10.55944; -75.93000.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Nevado Yanacocha". IGN, Peru. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Pasco Province (Pasco Region)
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