Pasco Region
Yanaqucha (Quechua "yana" black, very dark, "qucha" lake, lagoon, "black lake", hispanicized spelling "Yanacocha") is a lake in Peru located in the Pasco Region, Pasco Province, Tinyahuarco District. It lies southeast of the mining town Cerro de Pasco and east of Tinyahuarco.