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Mountain in Peru From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chaquicocha (possibly from Quechua ch'aki dry, qucha lake,[2] "dry lake", Hispanicized spelling Chaquicocha) is a 4,895-metre-high (16,060 ft) mountain at a little lake of that name in the Urubamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, Calca District, and in the Urubamba Province, in the districts of Huayllabamba and Yucay. It lies southwest of Huamanchoque and southeast of Chicon.[1][3]
Chaquicocha | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 4,895 m (16,060 ft)[1] |
Coordinates | 13°15′51″S 72°02′53″W[1] |
Geography | |
Location | Peru |
Parent range | Andes, Urubamba |
The lake named Chaquicocha is in the Yucay District south of the mountain at 13°16′40″S 72°03′01″W.[3][4] It is about 8 m (26 ft) deep and its area is about two ha. Like Yanacocha ("black lake") south of it Chaquicocha is surrounded by woods of queñua or quewiña (polylepis).
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