Yanajirca (Huánuco)

This article is about the mountain in the Huánuco Region, Peru. For other uses, see Yana Hirka.
Yanajirca
Yanajirca

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 4,782 m (15,689 ft) [1]
Coordinates 10°21′39″S 76°47′38″W / 10.36083°S 76.79389°W / -10.36083; -76.79389Coordinates: 10°21′39″S 76°47′38″W / 10.36083°S 76.79389°W / -10.36083; -76.79389
Geography
Location Peru, Huánuco Region
Parent range Andes, Rawra

Yanajirca or Yana Hirka (Quechua yana black, hirka mountain[2] "black mountain", also spelled Yanajirca) is a 4,782 metres (15,689 ft) high mountain in the Andes of Peru. It lies in the north of the Rawra mountain range and east of the Waywash range. The mountain is located in the Huánuco Region, Lauricocha Province, Jesús District. It is situated northwest of a lake named Patarqucha and southwest of Kuntur Wachanan. An intermittent stream named Luychu (Quechua for "deer",[3] also spelled Luychos) originates on the southern slope of Yana Hirka. It flows to the Waywash River (Huayhuash) which belongs to the watershed of the Marañón River.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Oskar E. Busch, Peru: Die schönsten Wanderungen und Trekkingtouren. 62 Touren
  2. ↑ Robert Beér, Armando Muyolemaj, Dr. Hernán S. Aguilarpaj, Vocabulario comparativo, quechua ecuatoriano - quechua ancashino - castellano - English, Brighton 2006
  3. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Lauricocha Province (Huánuco Region)
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