Huascacocha or Wask'aqucha (

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 ...

''wask'a''

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/ long, ''qucha'' lake, "rectangle lake" or "long lake", Hispanicized spelling ''Huascacocha'') is a lake in

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located in the

Lima Region The Department of Lima (), known as the Department of the Capital () until 1823, is a department and region located in the central coast of Peru; the seat of the regional government is Huacho. Lima Province, which contains the city of Lima, ...

, Yauyos Province,

Ayaviri District, Yauyos quinches District Ayaviri may refer to the following in Peru: * Ayaviri, Melgar, Puno region * Ayaviri District, Melgar, Puno region * Ayaviri, Yauyos, Lima region * Ayaviri District, Yauyos, Lima region * Territorial Prelature of Ayaviri {{dab, geo ...

. It is situated at a height of about .John Biggar, The Andes: A Guide for Climbers, p. 105 Huascacocha lies between the mountains

Huayna Cotoni Huayna Cotoni or Wayna Qutuni(Aymara ''wayna'' young (man), bachelor, ''qutu'' heap, pile, ''-ni'' a suffix to indicate ownership ("the one with a heap"), '' Qutuni'' a neighboring mountain, "young Qutuni", Hispanicized spellings ''Huayna Cotoni, ...

and

Qutuni Ticlla or Qutuni (Aymara ''qutu'' heap, pile, ''-ni'' a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with a heap", Hispanicized spellings ''Cotoni, Cutuni''), also called Tiklla (Quechua for eyelash; two-colored, Hispanicized spellings ''Ticcla, Ticll ...

in the north and

Llongote Llongote is a mountain in the ''Cordillera Central'' in the Andes of Peru which reaches a height of approximately . It is located in the Lima Region, Yauyos Province, in the districts of Ayaviri, Carania and Yauyos. Llongote lies south of Qut ...

in the south, southeast of the lake

Tikllaqucha Ticllacocha (possibly from Quechua ''tiklla'' two-colored / eyelash, ''qucha'' lake, lagoon,) is a lake in Peru located in the Lima Region, Yauyos Province, Tanta District.escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yauyos Province (Lima Region) It is ...

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