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Llank'i

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Location
  
Peru, Junín Region

Elevation
  
5,205 m

Parent range
  
Andes

Mountain range
  
Andes

Llank'i

Llank'i (Quechua for clay, also spelled Yanque (Yanki means "exchange" or "North American" in Quechua) is a 5,205-metre-high (17,077 ft) mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Junín Region, Yauli Province, Carhuacayan District, and in the Lima Region, Huaral Province, Atavillos Alto District. It lies southwest of Tuqtuqucha and northeast of the peak of Allqay.

Llank'i is also the name of a lake southeast of the mountain at 11°16′50″S 76°27′11″W. The little lake west of the mountain is named Isku (Aymara and Quechua for lime, Hispanicized Isco).

References

Llank'i Wikipedia


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