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Yanaqucha (Carabaya Melgar)

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Location
  
Peru, Puno Region

Elevation
  
5,000 m

Parent range
  
Andes, Willkanuta

Yanaqucha (Carabaya-Melgar)

Mountain range
  
Andes, Cordillera Vilcanota

Yanaqucha (Quechua yana black, qucha lake, "black lake", hispanicized spelling Yanacocha) is a mountain in the Willkanuta mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. The mountain is located in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Macusani District, and the Melgar Province, Nuñoa District. Yanaqucha lies south of the river Ninawisa (Ninahuisa).

References

Yanaqucha (Carabaya-Melgar) Wikipedia


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