Luychujasa (possibly from in the

Quechua Quechua may refer to: *Quechua people, several Indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru *Quechuan languages, an Indigenous South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language ...

spelling ''Luychu Q'asa''; ''luychu, taruka'', deer, ''q'asa'' mountain pass, "deer pass") is a mountain in the

Andes The Andes ( ), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (; ) are the List of longest mountain chains on Earth, longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range ...

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

which reaches a height of approximately . It is located in the

Huancavelica Region Huancavelica () is a department and region in Peru with an area of and a population of 347,639 ( 2017 census). The capital is the city Huancavelica. The region is bordered by the departments of Lima and Ica in the west, Junín in the north, ...

, Churcampa Province, Anco District. A small lake named Yanacocha (Quechua for "black lake") lies at its feet.

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Four-thousanders of the Andes Mountains of the Department of Huancavelica {{Huancavelica-geo-stub