Wiqruqucha (Huaylas)

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Wiqruqucha
Location Peru
Ancash Region
Coordinates 8°46′24″S77°35′55″W / 8.77333°S 77.59861°W / -8.77333; -77.59861 Coordinates: 8°46′24″S77°35′55″W / 8.77333°S 77.59861°W / -8.77333; -77.59861 [1]

Wiqruqucha (Quechua wiqru twisted, bent qucha lake, [2] "bent lake", hispanicized spelling Huecrococha) is a lake in Peru located in the Ancash Region, Huaylas Province, Yuracmarca District. [3] [4] It is situated in the Cordillera Blanca, northeast of Millwaqucha and Pilanku, and north of Pukahirka and a lake named Shuytuqucha.

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References

  1. "Laguna Huecrococha". IGN, Peru. Retrieved September 27, 2015.
  2. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huaylas Province (Ancash Region)
  4. lib.utexas.edu Map of the area