Chequiacocha (possibly from Quechua ''chiqlla'' green, ''qucha'' lake, "green lake") is a lake in Peru located in the

Ancash Region Ancash ( qu, Anqash; es, Áncash ) is a department and region in northern Peru. It is bordered by the departments of La Libertad on the north, Huánuco and Pasco on the east, Lima on the south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. Its capital i ...

Carhuaz Province The Carhuaz Province is one of twenty provinces of the Ancash Region of Peru. Geography The Cordillera Blanca traverses the province. Waskaran, its highest elevation, lies on the border to the Yungay Province. Pallqarahu, Pukaranra, Qupa, Tuql ...

Shilla District Shilla District is one of eleven districts of the Carhuaz Province in Peru. Ethnic groups The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (96.48%) lea ...

. Chequiacocha is situated at the very end of the Auquiscocha ravine, between the mountain

Chequiaraju Chequiaraju, Chequiarajo'','' or Checquiacraju (possibly from Quechua, ''chiqlla'' green, ''rahu'' snow, ice, mountain with snow) is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is situated in the Ancash Region, ...

in the northwest and the

Hualcán Hualcán (also called Rajopaquinan) (possibly from Quechua ''wallqa, walqa'', ''-n'' a suffix) is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is located in Ancash, between Chacas (in Asunción Province) and C ...

in the southeast, south of

Huallcacocha Wallqaqucha (Quechua language, Quechua ''wallqa'' collar, ''qucha'' lake, "collar lake", also spelled ''Huallcacocha'') is a lake in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru. It is situated at a height of comprising an area of . It is located i ...

and northeast of Auquiscocha.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chequiacocha (Ancash) Lakes of Peru Lakes of Ancash Region