Yanawayin Lake Explained
| Yanawayin Lake |
| Coords: | -11.1267°N -76.5353°W |
| Basin Countries: | Peru |
| Elevation: | 4370m (14,340feet) |
| Pushpin Map: | Peru |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Location of Yanawayin Lake in Peru. |
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 4370m (14,340feet).
Landslide
The site made world headlines in 1971 when on March 18 a rock avalanche of [5] fell from an outcrop of jointed limestone about above the lake. It created a wave of 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
Notes and References
- 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.
- Web site: 38 years ago today – the Chungar landslide in Peru . Petley . Dave . March 18, 2009 . American Geophysical Union (AGU). 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
- Book: Robert B. Jansen . Advanced Dam Engineering for Design, Construction, and Rehabilitation . Springer . 978-0-442-24397-5 . 1988 . 739 . 4 May 2014.
- Book: Engineering Sites: Rockslides and Avalanches . 1 January 1979 . Elsevier . 0-444-59801-4 . 269–279 . Plafker, George. George Plafker. Eyzaguirre, V. Z. . 1 . Barry Voight. 4 May 2014 . 7: Rock Avalanche and Wave at Chungar, Peru.
