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Yana Urqu (Ocongate Quiquijana)

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Parent range
  
Andes

Mountain range
  
Andes

Elevation
  
4,645 m

Yana Urqu (Ocongate-Quiquijana)

Location
  
Peru, Cusco Region, Quispicanchi Province

Yana Urqu (Quechua yana, black, urqu mountain, "black mountain", hispanicized spelling Yana Orjo, erroneously also Yana Orja) is a mountain in the Cusco Region in Peru, about 4,644.8 metres (15,239 ft) high. It is situated in the Quispicanchi Province, at the border of the districts Ocongate and Quiquijana.

Map of Yana Urqu, Peru

An intermittent stream originates south of Yana Urqu. It flows through the Ninapampa (Ninabamba) or Qunchupata (Cunchopata) valley to reach the river Huch'uymayu (Quechua for "little river", Uchuymayu). Huch'uymayu is a right tributary of the Willkanuta River. The confluence is north of Quiquijana.

References

Yana Urqu (Ocongate-Quiquijana) Wikipedia