Pucacocha (
Quechua
Quechua may refer to:
*Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru
*Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language
**So ...
''puka'' red, ''qucha'' lake,
"red lake") is a mountain at a little lake of that name in the
Cordillera Negra
The Cordillera Negra (Spanish for "black range"), Yana Walla in qechua is part of the ''Cordillera Occidental'', one of three mountain ranges in the Andes of west central Peru. It is almost entirely located within the Ancash Region.
The range ext ...
in the
Andes
The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountains (; ) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is long, wide (widest between 18°S – 20°S ...
of
Peru
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, about high. It is situated 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 ...
,
Yungay Province
The Yungay Province is one of twenty provinces of the Ancash Region in Peru.
Geography
The Cordillera Blanca and the Cordillera Negra traverse the province. Waskaran, the highest elevation of Peru, lies on the border to the Carhuaz Province. C ...
, on the border of the districts of
Cascapara and
Quillo. Pucacocha lies between the
Sechin River in the north and the Putaqa River in the south.
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The lake named Pucacocha is at the foot of the mountain in the Cascapara District at .][
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References
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Mountains of Peru
Mountains of Ancash Region
Lakes of Peru
Lakes of Ancash Region
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