Pucaccocha (Lares)
Appearance
Pucaccocha | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 4,600 m (15,100 ft)[1] |
Coordinates | 13°08′10″S 71°57′31″W / 13.13611°S 71.95861°W[2] |
Geography | |
Location | Peru |
Parent range | Andes |
Pucaccocha (possibly from Quechua puka red, qucha lake,[3] "red lake") is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 4,600 m (15,100 ft) high It is located in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, Lares District. It lies in the eastern extensions of the Urubamba mountain range, northeast of Sahuasiray.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Calca Province (Cusco Region)
- ^ "Cerro Pucaccocha". IGN, Peru. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
- ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.