Lake Atuncocha (possibly from Quechua ''hatun'' big, large ''qucha'' lake, "big lake"), also known as Lake Cullicocha (possibly from Quechua ''kulli'' a color between blue and

carmine Carmine ()also called cochineal (when it is extracted from the cochineal insect), cochineal extract, crimson lake, or carmine lake is a pigment of a bright-red color obtained from the aluminium complex derived from carminic acid. Specific code n ...

( purple, violet,

mulberry ''Morus'', a genus of flowering plants in the family Moraceae, consists of diverse species of deciduous trees commonly known as mulberries, growing wild and under cultivation in many temperate world regions. Generally, the genus has 64 identif ...

-colored) 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 ...

, Huaylas Province, Santa Cruz District. It is situated at a height of about , about 1.88 km long and 0.6 km at its widest point. Lake Atuncocha lies in the Cordillera Blanca, northwest of Santa Cruz and

Pergarumi Pergarumi or Pirqa Rumi (possibly from Quechua ''pirqa'' wall, ''rumi'' stone) is a mountain in the northern part of the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru which reaches a height of approximately . It is located in the Ancash Region, Huaylas ...

, between Lake Rajucocha in the east and Lake Collorcocha in the west.

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Lakes of Peru Lakes of Ancash Region {{Ancash-geo-stub