Yana Chaka (Pasco)

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Yana Chaka
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Yana Chaka
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,000 m (16,000 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 10°34′09″S76°40′21″W / 10.56917°S 76.67250°W / -10.56917; -76.67250 Coordinates: 10°34′09″S76°40′21″W / 10.56917°S 76.67250°W / -10.56917; -76.67250   [2]
Geography
Location Peru, Pasco Region
Parent range Andes

Yana Chaka (Quechua yana black, chaka bridge, [3] "black bridge", hispanicized spelling Yanachaca) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru whose summit reaches about 5,000 m (16,404 ft) above sea level. It is located in the Pasco Region, Daniel Alcides Carrión Province, Yanahuanca District, west of a lake named Atalaya. [1]

Andes mountain range running along the tu mamide of South America

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Peru republic in South America

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References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Daniel Alcides Carrión Province (Pasco Region)
  2. ↑ "Cerro Puyhuanccocha". IGN, Peru. Retrieved June 13, 2015.
  3. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)


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