Cochacucho (possibly from

Quechua Quechua may refer to: *Quechua people, several Indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru *Quechuan languages, an Indigenous South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language ...

''qucha'' lake, ''k'uchu'' corner, inside corner or outward angle) is a mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the

Andes The Andes ( ), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (; ) are the List of longest mountain chains on Earth, longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range ...

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

. The mountain is about high. It is located in the

Cusco Region Cusco, also spelled Cuzco (; ), is a department and region in Peru and is the fourth-largest department in the country, after Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It borders the departments of Ucayali on the north; Madre de Dios and Puno ...

, Canchis Province, San Pablo District, and in the

Puno Region Puno () is a department and region in southeastern Peru. It is the fifth largest department in Peru, after Cuzco, Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It is bordered by Bolivia on the east, the departments of Madre de Dios on the north, Cusc ...

, Melgar Province,

Nuñoa District Nuñuwa District is one of nine districts of the Melgar Province in Peru. The town of Nuñoa has become a destination for tourists as they start the climb to Machu Picchu. The growth of this local tourist industry has been stimulating changes in ...

. It is situated southwest of the mountains

Pomanota Pomanota (possibly from Aymara ''puma'' cougar, puma, ''-n(i)'' a suffix, ''uta'' house, "house of the puma") is a mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, ...

and

Jatuncucho Jatuncucho (possibly from Quechua ''hatun'' big, ''k'uchu'' corner)Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) is a mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru ...

, and north of the mountain Jatun Sallica. The lake named Cochacucho lies southwest of the mountain in San Pablo District at .

References

Lakes of the Department of Cusco Lakes of Peru {{Cusco-geo-stub Mountains of the Department of Puno Mountains of the Department of Cusco