Lake Huascacocha (Huánuco)

Lake Huascacocha[1] (possibly from Quechua waskha or waska: rope; or wask'a: rectangle, long; and qucha: lake)[2][3][4] or Lake Huacacocha[5] is a lake in Peru located in Huánuco Region, Lauricocha Province, Jesús District.[1] Lake Huascacocha lies in the north of the Raura mountain range, west of lakes Patarcocha and Chuspi.[1][5]

This article is about the lake in the Huánuco Region, Peru. For other uses, see Waskhaqucha (disambiguation).
Lake Huascacocha
Lake Huascacocha is located in Peru
Lake Huascacocha
Lake Huascacocha
LocationPeru
Huánuco Region
Coordinates10°24′16″S 76°47′14″W

See also

References
  1. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Lauricocha Province (Huánuco Region)
  2. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. idiomarunasimi.com.ar Archived 2014-01-16 at the Wayback Machine Pachakallpa Yachay - Ingeniería civil, A list of technical Quechua expressions (Quechua-Spanish)
  4. Ministerio de la Mujer y Desarollo Social, Perú, Palabras Clave para la Atención en Salud, Quechua
  5. Peru 1:100 000, Yanahuanca (21-j). IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú).


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