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).
| Yanawayin Lake | |
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 Partial view of Yanawayin Lake. Remainings of the Chungar Mine camp. Picture looking SW | |
  Yanawayin Lake | |
| 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) |
Landslide
editThe 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]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacop. Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay Simipi Yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
- ^ Robert Beér, Armando Muyolemaj, Dr. Hernán S. Aguilarpaj. Vocabulario Comparativo Quechua Ecuatoriano - Quechua Ancashino, Castellano - English, Brighton. October 2006. (in Spanish)
- ^ a b Petley, Dave (March 18, 2009). "38 years ago today – the Chungar landslide in Peru". American Geophysical Union (AGU). Retrieved April 18, 2014.
- ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huaral Province (Lima Region) showing the lake (unnamed) near the village of Yanawayin (Yanahuain) and near the destroyed village of Chungar
- ^ a b c Robert B. Jansen, ed. (1988). Advanced Dam Engineering for Design, Construction, and Rehabilitation. Springer. p. 739. ISBN 978-0-442-24397-5. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
- ^ Plafker, George; Eyzaguirre, V. Z. (1 January 1979). "7: Rock Avalanche and Wave at Chungar, Peru". In Barry Voight (ed.). Engineering Sites: Rockslides and Avalanches (1 ed.). Elsevier. pp. 269–279. ISBN 0-444-59801-4. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
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