Yantayuq (
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 ...
''llam'a, llant'a, yanta'' firewood, ''-yuq'' a
suffix
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[ "the one with firewood", also spelled ''Yantayo''), also known as Shallanqa (hispanicized spelling ''Shallanca''),][ is a mountain in the ]Paryaqaqa
Pariacaca, Paria Caca'','' Paryaqaqa, Parya Qaqa, (possibly from Quechua ''parya'' reddish; copper; sparrow, ''qaqa'' rock) or Tullujuto (possibly from Quechua ''tullu'' bone, ''qutu'' heap, "bone heap") is the highest mountain in the Pariacaca ...
mountain range in the Andes
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of Peru
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which reaches an altitude of approximately . It is located in the Junín Region Junín may refer to:
Places Argentina
*Junín Partido
**Junín, Buenos Aires
*** Junín Airport
* Junín Department, Mendoza
** Junín, Mendoza
* Junín Department, San Luis
*Junín de los Andes, Neuquén
Colombia
*Junín, Cundinamarca
*Juní ...
, 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 ...
, in the districts of Suitucancha and Yauli. Yantayuq lies southwest of Putka and north of Qarwachuku
Carhuachuco (possibly from Quechua ''qarwa'' yellowish, ''chuku'' hat) is a mountain in the Pariacaca mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is situated in the Junín Region, Yauli Province, in the districts Suitucancha and Yauli. ...
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Yantayuq is also the name of a small lake northwest of the mountain in the Yauli District at
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References
Mountains of Peru
Mountains of Junín Region
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