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Yanaqucha (Melgar)

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Elevation
  
5,105 m (16,749 ft)

Parent range
  
Andes, La Raya

Location
  
Peru, Puno Region

Yanaqucha (Melgar)

Yanaqucha (Quechua yana black, qucha lake, "black lake", Hispanicized spelling Yanacocha) is a 5,105-metre-high (16,749 ft) mountain in the La Raya mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is situated in the Puno Region, Melgar Province, Santa Rosa District. Yanaqucha lies near the La Raya pass northwest of Khunurana, Puka Urqu and Mamaniri and southeast of Chimpulla.

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Yanaqucha (Melgar) Wikipedia