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Yanaqucha (Anta)

Coordinates: 13°23′04″S 72°19′32″W / 13.38444°S 72.32556°W / -13.38444; -72.32556
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Yanaqucha
Yanaqucha is located in Peru
Yanaqucha
Yanaqucha
Peru
Highest point
Elevation4,920 m (16,140 ft)[1]
Coordinates13°23′04″S 72°19′32″W / 13.38444°S 72.32556°W / -13.38444; -72.32556
Naming
Language of nameQuechua
Geography
LocationPeru, Cusco Region, Anta Province
Parent rangeAndes

Yanaqucha (Quechua yana black, qucha lake,[2] "black lake", Hispanicized spelling Yanacocha) is a 4,920-metre-high (16,142 ft) mountain in the eastern extensions of the Willkapampa mountain range in the Andes of Peru on the border of the districts of Ancahuasi and Huarocondo in Anta Province, Cusco Region. It is north of a little lake of that name; the lake is at 13°23′35″S 72°19′15″W / 13.39306°S 72.32083°W / -13.39306; -72.32083. The mountain and the lake lie southeast of Muyuq.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Cerro Yanacocha". IGN, Peru. Retrieved June 25, 2015.
  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 Urubamba Province (Cusco Region)