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South America / Peru / Yanacocha
Record SL-863543 · Wikidata Q20622737

Yanacocha

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Elevation
5,025 m
16,486 ft
Prominence
Isolation
Coordinates
13.9769° S, 70.9014° W
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Description

Wikipedia

Yanacocha (possibly from Quechua yana black, qucha lake, "black lake") is a 5,025-metre-high (16,486 ft) mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in Checacupe District, Canchis Province, Cusco Region. Yanacocha lies southwest of the glaciated area of Quelccaya (Quechua for "snow plain"), north of the Huancane River.

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