Yanacocha (Canchis)

{{short description|Mountain in Peru}}

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| name = Yanacocha

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| elevation_m = 5025

| elevation_ref = {{cite web |url=http://www.ign.gob.pe/nomenclatorDigital/carta.php?id=40663|title=Cerro Yanacocha|author= |publisher=IGN, Peru|access-date=July 15, 2015}}

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| range = Andes, Vilcanota

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| language = Quechua

| location = Peru, Cusco Region, Canchis Province

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Yanacocha (possibly from Quechua yana black, qucha lake,{{Ref Laime}} "black lake") is a {{convert|5025|m|ft|adj=mid|-high|0}} mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in Checacupe District, Canchis Province, Cusco Region. Yanacocha lies southwest of the glaciated area of Quelccaya (Quechua for "snow plain"), north of the Huancane River.escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Canchis Province (Cusco Region) (unnamed)