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Yanacocha (Huachón)

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Mountain in Peru
Yanacocha
Yanacocha is located in PeruYanacochaYanacochaPeru
Highest point
Elevation5,138 m (16,857 ft)
Coordinates10°33′57″S 75°56′30″W / 10.56583°S 75.94167°W / -10.56583; -75.94167
Geography
LocationPeru, Pasco Region
Parent rangeAndes, Huaguruncho

Yanacocha (Quechua yana black, qucha lake, "black lake") is a 5,138-metre-high (16,857 ft) mountain and a nearby lake of that name in the Huaguruncho mountain range in the Andes of Peru. The mountain and the lake are located in Huachón District, Pasco Province, Pasco Region south of another mountain, Huaguruncho.

The lake lies west of this peak at 10°33′34″S 75°55′48″W / 10.55944°S 75.93000°W / -10.55944; -75.93000.

References

  1. ^ Peru 1:100 000, Ulcumayo (22-l). IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú).
  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 Pasco Province (Pasco Region)


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