Yanamaray

Yanamaray

Qiruqucha and the mountain Pukarahu (center-left). In the background the Yanamaray glacier is visible.
Elevation 5,237 m (17,182 ft)[1]
Location
Yanamaray

Peru

Location Ancash, Peru
Range Cordillera Blanca
Coordinates 9°39′40″S 77°15′40″W / 9.66111°S 77.26111°WCoordinates: 9°39′40″S 77°15′40″W / 9.66111°S 77.26111°W
Climbing
First ascent Yanamaray N: 1-1967 via N. ridge.
Yanamaray S: 1-1965 via S. slopes.[2]

Yanamaray (Quechua yana black, maran, maray batan or grindstone, maray to tear down, to knock down,[3][4] "black batan or grindstone") is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru, about 5,237 metres (17,182 ft) high. It is situated in the Ancash Region, Recuay Province, Ticapampa District, and in the Huari Province, Chavin de Huantar District.[5][6] Yanamaray lies east of Pukarahu and northeast of the lake named Qiruqucha, between Yanarahu and Khuchimach'ay in the north and Qawish in the south.

The Yanamaray River originates west of the mountain. It provides Qiruqucha with the melt water of the Yanamaray glacier before it empties into Santa River.

Annual observations have shown that the Yanamaray glacier has been rapidly retreating over the last years.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ andix.com Map of a part of the Cordillera Blanca
  2. ↑ Jill Neate, Mountaineering in the Andes, RGS-IBG Expedition Advisory Centre, 2nd edition, May 1994: "Yanamarey Group: Yanamarey (Yanamarey Norte ) 5262m: 1-1967 via N. ridge. Yanamarey Sur 5220m: 1-1965 via S. slopes."
  3. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ babylon.com/quechua/maray/
  5. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yungas Province (Ancash Region) showing the location of Yanamaray (unnamed) between the mountains Yanarahu (Yanaraju) and Khuchimach'ay (Cuchimachay) in the north and the Qawish (Cahuish) in the south and northeast of the lakes Qiruqucha and Ichik Urush
  6. ↑ andix.com Map of a part of the Cordillera Blanca
  7. ↑ Jeffrey T. Bury et al., Glacier recession and human vulnerability in the Yanamarey watershed of the Cordillera Blanca, Peru, Climatic Change (2011) 105:179–206