Challhuacocha (Ancash)

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Challhuacocha
Location Peru
Ancash Region
Coordinates 8°14′03″S77°45′31″W / 8.23417°S 77.75861°W / -8.23417; -77.75861 Coordinates: 8°14′03″S77°45′31″W / 8.23417°S 77.75861°W / -8.23417; -77.75861 [1]
Surface area 0.460868 km2 (460,868 m2) [2]
Surface elevation 3,878 m (12,723 ft) [2]

Challhuacocha (possibly from Quechua challwa fish, qucha lake, [3] "fish lake") is a lake in Peru located in the Ancash Region, Pallasca Province, Conchucos District. [4] It lies southeast of Lake Pelagatos, northwest of the lake named Labrascocha (possibly from Quechua Lawrasqucha) and north of the village of Challuacocha (possibly from Quechua Challwaqucha). It is situated at a height of 3,878 m (12,723 ft) comprising an area of 0.460868 km2 (460,868 m2). [2]

Peru republic in South America

Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains vertically extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon Basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon river.

Pallasca Province Province in Ancash, Peru

The Pallasca Province is one of 20 provinces of the Ancash Region in Peru.

Conchucos District is one of eleven districts of the Pallasca Province in Peru.

A little river named Challhuacocha connects the lake with the town of Conchucos in the southwest.

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References

  1. ↑ ign.gob.pe [ dead link ] IGN, Peru, Lagunas con nombre: Challhuacocha 08°14'03 S 77°45'31 W
  2. 1 2 3 Ministerio de Agricultura, Autoridad Nacional del Agua, Inventario de Lagunas Glaciares del Perú, Huaraz 2014
  3. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Pallasca Province (Ancash Region) showing Challwaqucha (unnamed) northwest of Lago Labrascocha and north of the village of Challuacocha


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