Yanawayin Lake | |
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Location | Lima Region |
Coordinates | 11°07′36″S 76°32′7″W / 11.12667°S 76.53528°W |
Basin countries | Peru |
Surface elevation | 4,370 m (14,340 ft) |
Yanawayin ( Quechua yana black, Ancash Quechua wayi house, "black house", [1] [2] -n a suffix, other spellings Yanahuain, Yanahuin, Yanahuni, Yanahuani) is a lake in the central Peruvian Andes. It lies in the Lima Region, Huaral Province, Andamarca District, near the village of Yanawayin (Yanahuain). [3] [4] The lake is situated at an altitude of about 4,370 m (14,340 ft).
The site made world headlines in 1971 when on March 18 a rock avalanche of 100,000 cubic metres (3,500,000 cu ft) [5] fell from an outcrop of jointed limestone about 400 metres (1,300 ft) above the lake. It created a wave of 30 metres (98 ft) that destroyed the Chungar Mine camp on the shore, owned by the Mining Company (Cia Minera Chungar, S.A.), destroyed all the mines' surface facilities, [5] and killed 200–600 miners. [3] [5] [6]
Yanawayin Lake | |
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Location | Lima Region |
Coordinates | 11°07′36″S 76°32′7″W / 11.12667°S 76.53528°W |
Basin countries | Peru |
Surface elevation | 4,370 m (14,340 ft) |
Yanawayin ( Quechua yana black, Ancash Quechua wayi house, "black house", [1] [2] -n a suffix, other spellings Yanahuain, Yanahuin, Yanahuni, Yanahuani) is a lake in the central Peruvian Andes. It lies in the Lima Region, Huaral Province, Andamarca District, near the village of Yanawayin (Yanahuain). [3] [4] The lake is situated at an altitude of about 4,370 m (14,340 ft).
The site made world headlines in 1971 when on March 18 a rock avalanche of 100,000 cubic metres (3,500,000 cu ft) [5] fell from an outcrop of jointed limestone about 400 metres (1,300 ft) above the lake. It created a wave of 30 metres (98 ft) that destroyed the Chungar Mine camp on the shore, owned by the Mining Company (Cia Minera Chungar, S.A.), destroyed all the mines' surface facilities, [5] and killed 200–600 miners. [3] [5] [6]