Yana Yaku (
Quechua ''yana'' black, ''yaku'' water,
"black water", hispanicized spelling ''Yanayacu'') is a mountain in the northern part of the
Cordillera Negra in the
Andes of
Peru, about high. It is situated 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 ...
,
Santa Province,
Cáceres del Perú District
Cáceres del Perú District is one of nine districts of the Santa Province in the Ancash Region in Peru. Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática
The Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI) ("National Institute of St ...
. Yana Yaku lies between
Qarwaqucha in the southeast and
Quñuqranra in the northwest, west of Rumi Cruz.
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Mountains of Peru
Mountains of Ancash Region
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