Yanasinqa (
Quechua
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*Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru
*Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language
**So ...
''yana'' black, ''sinqa'' nose,
"black nose", Hispanicized spelling ''Yanashinga, Yanasinga'') or Yanashinqa (in the local Quechua variant) is a mountain in the
Andes
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of
Peru
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, about high. It is situated in the
Junín Region Junín may refer to:
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Colombia
*Junín, Cundinamarca
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,
Yauli Province
The Yauli Province is one of the nine provinces in Peru that form the Junín Region. It is bordered to the north by the Pasco Region and the Junín Province, to the east by the Tarma Province, to the south by the Jauja Province and to the west by ...
,
Morococha District
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. Yanasinqa lies north of a lake named
Waqraqucha and northeast of the peak of
Antikuna and the
Antikuna mountain pass.
[escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yauli Province (Junín Region)]
The Yanasinqa glacier is one of those which have been observed regularly during a period of 24 years (1944-1968).
[Journal of Glaciology, Vol. 8, No. 54, 1969, U. Petersen et al., Glaciar Yanasinga (Central Peru) Measurements]
References
Mountains of Peru
Mountains of Junín Region
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Landforms of Junín Region
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