Yanamarey
(possibly from
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 ...
''yana'' black, ''maran'', ''maray''
batan
Batan or Batán may refer to:
Places and locations
* Batan, Aklan, a municipality in the Philippines
* Batan Island, the main island of the province of Batanes, the Philippines
* Batan Island, Albay, in Rapu-rapu, Albay, the Philippines
* Ba ...
or
grindstone
A grindstone, also known as grinding stone, is a sharpening stone used for grinding or sharpening ferrous tools, used since ancient times. Tools are sharpened by the stone's abrasive qualities that remove material from the tool through friction ...
, ''maray'' to tear down, to knock down,
"black batan or grindstone") or Yanaraju
is a mountain in the
Cordillera Blanca
The Cordillera Blanca (Spanish for "white range") is a mountain range in Peru that is part of the larger Andes range and extends for between 8°08' and 9°58'S and 77°00' and 77°52'W, in a northwesterly direction. It includes several peaks ove ...
in the
Andes
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of
Peru
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, about high.
It is located between
Recuay and
Huari Huari may refer to:
*Huari culture, a historical civilization in Peru
*Huari (archaeological site), an archaeological site in Peru
*Huari, Peru, a town in Peru
* Huari District, a district in the Huari Province, Peru
* Huari Province, a province in ...
provinces, in
Ancash
Ancash (; ) is a department and region in western Peru. It is bordered by the departments of La Libertad on the north, Huánuco and Pasco on the east, Lima on the south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. Its capital is the city of Huaraz, an ...
. Yanamaray lies east of
Pucaraju and northeast of
Lake Querococha
Lake Querococha (possibly from Quechua '' qiru'' ceremonial drinking vessel, or ''q'iru'' wood and ''qucha'' lake; "''qiru'' lake" or "wood lake") is a lake in Peru located in the Ancash Region, Recuay Province, in the districts Ticapampa and C ...
, between Matashcu in the north and
Cahuish in the south.
The Yanamaray River originates west of the mountain. It provides Qiruqucha with the melt water of the Yanamarey glacier before it empties into
Santa
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River.
Annual observations have shown that the Yanamarey glacier has been rapidly retreating over the last years.
[Jeffrey T. Bury et al., Glacier recession and human vulnerability in the Yanamarey watershed of the Cordillera Blanca, Peru, Climatic Change (2011) 105:179–206]
See also
*
Waraqayuq
References
Five-thousanders of the Andes
Mountains of the Department of Ancash
Glaciers of the Department of Ancash
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