Mulluqucha (Lima)
For the mountain in the Cusco Region, Peru, see Mulluqucha (Cusco).
| Mulluqucha | |
|---|---|
| Location | Lima Region |
| Coordinates | 12°02′S 75°58′W / 12.033°S 75.967°WCoordinates: 12°02′S 75°58′W / 12.033°S 75.967°W[1] |
| Basin countries | Peru |
| Surface elevation | 4,286 metres (14,062 ft) |
Mulluqucha (Quechua mullu small perl made of fine clay / marine shell which is offered to the divinities, qucha lake, lagoon,[2] hispanicized spellings Mollococha, Mullococha, Mullucocha) is a lake in Peru located in the Lima Region, Yauyos Province, Tanta District.[3] Mulluqucha, situated at a height of about 4,286 metres (14,062 ft), lies southeast of the Paryaqaqa mountain range, east of the lake P'itiqucha and northeast of the lake Pawqarqucha.
Mulluqucha is situated at the great Inca road Qhapaq Ñan.[4]
See also
- List of lakes in Peru
- Nor Yauyos-Cochas Landscape Reserve
- Pirqa Pirqa
References
- ↑ mapcarta.com "Laguna Mullococha", retrieved on September 18, 2013
- ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
- ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yauyos Province (Lima Region) showing the location of the village Mulluqucha (Mullucocha / Mollococha) at the lake Mulluqucha (unnamed) east of the lake P'itiqucha (Peticocha) and northeast of the lake Pawqarqucha (Paucarcocha)
- ↑ "El "Santuario de Pariacaca"". Cesár W. Astuahuamán Gonzales. Retrieved July 18, 2014.