Apiñaqucha

Apiñaqucha
Location Peru
Ayacucho Region
Coordinates 14°38′17.8″S 73°54′16.3″W / 14.638278°S 73.904528°WCoordinates: 14°38′17.8″S 73°54′16.3″W / 14.638278°S 73.904528°W
Surface elevation 4,404 m (14,449 ft)[1]

Apiñaqucha (Quechua apiña, maswa a flowering, partly eatable plant, qucha lake,[2][3] "maswa lake", hispanicized spelling Apiñaccocha) is a lake in Peru located in the Ayacucho Region, Lucanas Province, in the districts Chipao and Puquio.[4] It is situated at a height of about 4,404 metres (14,449 ft). Apiñaqucha lies southeast of the lakes Yawriwiri and Urqunqucha, south of the lake Sawaqucha, west of another lake named Urqunqucha (slightly smaller than the lake mentioned before) and Islaqucha and northwest of the lake Pukaqucha.

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References

  1. ↑ "Laguna Apinacocha". mapcarta. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
  2. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ Teofilo Laime Acopa, Diccionario Bilingüe, Iskay simipi yuyay k'ancha, Quechua – Castellano, Castellano – Quechua (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Lucanas Province 2 (Ayacucho Region)