Location PeruAncash Region Max. width 161 m (528 ft) | Max. length 470 m (1,540 ft) Surface elevation 4,250 m (13,940 ft) | |
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Yanacocha (possibly from in the Quechua spelling Yanaqucha; yana black, very dark, qucha lake, "black lake") is a lake in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru located in the Ancash Region, Asunción Province, Chacas District. It is situated at a height of about 4,250 metres (13,944 ft), about 470 m long and 161 m at its widest point. Yanacocha lies north-west of the mountain Perlilla, north-east of the mountain Pomabamba, south-west of the lakes Huegroncocha and Runtococha and north-east of the lakes Lauricocha and Paqarisha.
Map of Yanaqucha, Peru
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