Yanashallash, Yanashalla, or Yanashayash (in the regional Quechua spellings, ''yana'' black, ''salla'' large cliff of gravel; bride, girlfriend, lover, ''aya'' corpse, "black cliff of gravel", "black bride" or "black corpse") is a mountain in the north of the

Wallanka Huallanca (possibly from Quechua for "mountain range" and a cactus plant ''(Opuntia subulata'')), also known as Burro ( Spanish for "donkey"), is a ) high mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is the highest peak in the Huallanca mountain range. Hu ...

mountain range in the

Andes The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountains (; ) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is long, wide (widest between 18°S – 20°S ...

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, about high. Yanashallash or Yanashayash is also the name of the mountain pass at at the mountain. It connects the towns of

Chiquián Chiquián ( Quechua Chiqllan) is a town in central Peru. It is the capital of the Bolognesi Province in the Ancash Region Ancash ( qu, Anqash; es, Áncash ) is a department and region in northern Peru. It is bordered by the departments of La ...

and Huallanca. The mountain and the pass are located in the

Ancash Region Ancash ( qu, Anqash; es, Áncash ) is a department and region in northern Peru. It is bordered by the departments of La Libertad on the north, Huánuco and Pasco on the east, Lima on the south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. Its capital i ...

Bolognesi Province The Bolognesi Province is one of 20 provinces of the Ancash Region of Peru. Overview The province originally was part of Cajatambo Province (part of Lima Region since 1916) until 1903, when it was split off and named after Col. Francisco Bolognes ...

, in the districts of Aquia and Huallanca.

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