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Yanasinqa

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Location
  
Peru, Junín Region

Elevation
  
5,400 m

Parent range
  
Mountain range
  
Andes

Yanasinqa

Yanasinqa (Quechua yana black, sinqa nose, "black nose", hispanicized spelling Yanashinga, Yanasinga) or Yanashinqa (in the local Quechua variant) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5,400 metres (17,717 ft) high. It is situated in the Junín Region, Yauli Province, Morococha District. Yanasinqa lies north of a lake named Waqraqucha and northeast of the peak of Antikuna and the Antikuna mountain pass.

Map of Yanasinqa, Peru

The Yanasinqa glacier is one of those which have been observed regularly during a period of 24 years (1944-1968).

References

Yanasinqa Wikipedia


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