Kellococha (Cusco)

This article is about the lake in the Cusco Region, Peru. For other uses, see Q'illuqucha.

Kellococha (possibly from Quechua q'illu yellow, qucha lake, lagoon,^[1] "yellow lake"), also spelled Kellococha, Kelloccocha, Quellococha, also Qellococha, Qelloqocha, Q'elloqocha, is a lake in Peru located in the Cusco Region, Urubamba Province, Huaylllabamba District.^[2] Kellococha is known for its woods of polylepis ^[2] which also occur at the neighboring lake named Yanacocha.

Kellococha
Laguna Chaquicocha
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Location	Peru Cusco Region, Urubamba Province
Coordinates	13°16′40″S 72°02′59″W

See also

• Machu Qullqa

References

1. Teofilo Laime Acopa, Diccionario Bilingüe, Iskay simipi yuyay k'ancha, Quechua – Castellano, Castellano – Quechua (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
2. mincetur.gob.pe Archived February 24, 2014, at the Wayback Machine "Laguna de Quellococha" (in Spanish)