Chaquicocha (mountain)

Chaquicocha (possibly from Quechua ch'aki dry, qucha lake,[2] "dry lake", Hispanicized spelling Chaquicocha) is a 4,895-metre-high (16,060 ft) mountain at a little lake of that name in the Urubamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, Calca District, and in the Urubamba Province, in the districts of Huayllabamba and Yucay. It lies southwest of Huamanchoque and southeast of Chicon.[1][3]

This article is about the mountain in the Cusco Region, Peru. For other uses, see Ch'aki Qucha (disambiguation).
Chaquicocha
Chicón (center) and Chaquicocha (on the right)
Highest point
Elevation4,895 m (16,060 ft) [1]
Coordinates13°15′51″S 72°02′53″W [1]
Geography
Chaquicocha
Peru
LocationPeru
Parent rangeAndes, Urubamba

The lake named Chaquicocha is in the Yucay District south of the mountain at 13°16′40″S 72°03′01″W.[3][4] It is about 8 m (26 ft) deep and its area is about two ha. Like Yanacocha ("black lake") south of it Chaquicocha is surrounded by woods of queñua or quewiña (polylepis).

See also

References
  1. "Cerro Chaquicocha". IGN, Peru. Retrieved July 2, 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 Urubamba Province (Cusco Region)
  4. "Laguna Chaquicocha". mincetur. Archived from the original on July 3, 2015. Retrieved July 2, 2015.


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