Warmiqucha (Cusco)

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Warmiqucha
Location Peru
Cusco Region
Coordinates 14°35′09″S71°43′16″W / 14.58583°S 71.72111°W / -14.58583; -71.72111 Coordinates: 14°35′09″S71°43′16″W / 14.58583°S 71.72111°W / -14.58583; -71.72111
Max. length 1.02 km (0.63 mi)
Max. width 0.55 km (0.34 mi)
Surface elevation 4,596 m (15,079 ft)

Warmiqucha (Quechua warmi woman, wife, qucha lake, [1] "woman's lake", Hispanicized spelling Huarmicocha) is a lake in Peru located in the Cusco Region, Chumbivilcas Province, Velille District. [2] It is situated at a height of about 4,596 metres (15,079 ft), about 1.02 km long and 0.55 km at its widest point. Warmiqucha lies northeast of the larger lakes named Urququcha and Khirkiqucha.

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Anka Wachana, Anka Wachanan or Ankap Wachanan may refer to:

Warmiqucha may refer to:

References

  1. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  2. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Chumbivilcas Province (Cusco Region)


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