Yanaqucha (Ambo)

This article is about the lake in the Ambo Province, Huánuco Region, Peru. For other uses, see Yanaqucha (disambiguation).
Yanaqucha
Location Peru
Huánuco Region, Ambo Province, Ambo District
Coordinates 10°6′25″S 76°4′4″W / 10.10694°S 76.06778°W / -10.10694; -76.06778Coordinates: 10°6′25″S 76°4′4″W / 10.10694°S 76.06778°W / -10.10694; -76.06778

Yanaqucha (Quechua yana black, very dark, qucha lake,[1] "black lake", hispanicized spelling Yanacocha, Yanagocha) is a lake in the Andes of Peru located in the Huánuco Region, Ambo Province, Ambo District.[2] It is situated between the mountains Yanahirka ("black mountain", hispanicized Yanahirca) in the southwest and Yanaqucha in the northeast.


References

  1. ↑ Teofilo Laime Acopa, Diccionario Bilingüe, Iskay simipi yuyay k'ancha, Quechua – Castellano, Castellano – Quechua (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  2. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Ambo Province (Huánuco Region)


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