Yana Uqsha

For the mountain in the Ayacucho Region, Peru, see Yana Uqsha (Ayacucho).
Yana Uqsha
Elevation 5,300 m (17,400 ft)[1]
Location
Location Peru, Junín Region, Huancayo Province
Range Andes, Waytapallana

Yana Uqsha (Quechua yana black, very dark, uqsha (locally), uqsa high altitude grass,[2][3] hispanicized spellings Yana Ucsha, Yanaucsha, Yanauscha, Yanahucsha, also Yanauksha) is a ridge in the Waytapallana mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,300 metres (17,388 ft) high. It is also the name of a small lake at its feet at 11°55′58″S 75°2′30″W / 11.93278°S 75.04167°W.

The ridge is situated in the southern part of the main sector of the range, south of Waytapallana.[1] It lies in the Junín Region, Huancayo Province, Huancayo District.[4][5]

Beside the lake Yana Uqsha there are two larger lakes nearby named Hatunqucha and Qarwaqucha (Carhuacocha).

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Evelio Echevarría, Cordillera Huaytapallana, Peru, in: The Alpine Journal, 2009, p. 161-167
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ Vocabulario-Comparativo-Quechua-Ecuator-Quechua-Ancash See Spanish: Paja - Ancash Quechua paha, uqsha
  4. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huancayo Province (Junín Region) showing the location of Yana Uqsha (Yana Ucsha) south-west of Nevado Cochas and west of the lake Hatunqucha (Jatuncocha, not shown, unnamed)
  5. ↑ monografias.com showing the location of Yana Uqsha (Yanahucsha) north-east of the lake Hatunqucha (Jatuncocha)