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Yanasinqa

Yanasinqa (Quechua yana black, sinqa nose, "black nose", Hispanicized spelling Yanashinga, Yanasinga) or Yanashinqa (in the local Quechua variant) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5,400 metres (17,717 ft) high. It is situated in the Junín Region, Yauli Province, Morococha District. Yanasinqa lies north of a lake named Waqraqucha and northeast of the peak of Antikuna and the Antikuna mountain pass.

The Yanasinqa glacier is one of those which have been observed regularly during a period of 24 years (1944-1968).

References

  1. ^ intranet2.minem.gob.pe/web, Resumen Ejecutivo - Ministerio de Energía y Minas, CESEL Ingenieros, INFORME FINAL REV. 0, Plan de Cierre de la Sociedad Minera Austria Duvaz, August 2006
  2. ^ "Nevados". IGN, Peru. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
  3. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  4. ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yauli Province (Junín Region)
  5. ^ Journal of Glaciology, Vol. 8, No. 54, 1969, U. Petersen et al., Glaciar Yanasinga (Central Peru) Measurements