Yana Urqu (Canas-Canchis)

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Yana Urqu
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Yana Urqu
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 4,800 m (15,700 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 14°24′50″S71°13′47″W / 14.41389°S 71.22972°W / -14.41389; -71.22972 Coordinates: 14°24′50″S71°13′47″W / 14.41389°S 71.22972°W / -14.41389; -71.22972  
Geography
Location Peru, Cusco Region
Parent range Andes

Yana Urqu (Quechua yana black, urqu mountain, [2] "black mountain", hispanicized spellings Yanaorcco, Yanaorco) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 4,800-metre (15,700 ft) high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Canas Province, Langui District, and in the Canchis Province, Marangani District. Yana Urqu lies on a ridge northeast of Langui Layo Lake, northwest of Pawka. [1] [3] [4]

Andes mountain range running along the tu mamide of South America

The Andes or Andean Mountains are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. This range is about 7,000 km (4,300 mi) long, about 200 to 700 km wide, and of an average height of about 4,000 m (13,000 ft). The Andes extend from north to south through seven South American countries: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina.

Peru republic in South America

Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains vertically extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon Basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon river.

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References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Canchis Province (Cusco Region) (unnamed)
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ "Cerro Yanaorco". IGN, Peru. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Cerro Yanaorcco y Trincheras de Tupac Amaru". mincetur. Retrieved August 3, 2015.


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