Yana Urqu (Chapi Urqu)

This article is about the mountain near Chapi Urqu, Huachocolpa District, Huancavelica Province, Huancavelica Region, Peru. For other uses, see Yana Urqu.
Yana Urqu
Yana Urqu is located in Peru
Yana Urqu
Yana Urqu
Peru
Highest point
Elevation4,890 m (16,040 ft)[1]
Coordinates13°05′07″S 74°58′41″W / 13.08528°S 74.97806°W / -13.08528; -74.97806
Geography
LocationPeru, Huancavelica Region, Huancavelica Province
Parent rangeAndes

Yana Urqu (Quechua yana black, urqu mountain,[2] "black mountain", Hispanicized spelling Yanaorcco) is a 4,890-metre-high (16,040 ft) mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Huancavelica Region, Huancavelica Province, Huacocolpa District. Yana Urqu lies southeast of Chapi Urqu and northeast of Inqhana.[3]

  1. ^ Peru 1:100,000, Huachocolpa 1944, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
  2. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  3. ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huancavelica Province 1 (Huancavelica Region)