Qucha Quchayuq Urqu

Qucha Quchayuq Urqu
Qucha Quchayuq Urqu

Location in Bolivia

Elevation 4,304 m (14,121 ft)[1]
Location
Location Bolivia,
Cochabamba Department, Carrasco Province
Range Andes
Coordinates 17°32′54″S 65°31′33″W / 17.54833°S 65.52583°WCoordinates: 17°32′54″S 65°31′33″W / 17.54833°S 65.52583°W

Qucha Quchayuq Urqu (Quechua qucha lake, the reduplication indicates that there is a group or a complex of something, -yuq a suffix, urqu mountain,[2] "a mountain with many lakes", also spelled Khocha Khochayoj Orkho) is a 4,304-metre (14,121 ft) high mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the Cochabamba Department, the Carrasco Province, Pocona Municipality, near the border with the Arani Province, Vacas Municipality. Qucha Quchayuq Urqu lies on a ridge east of Vacas, south-west of the mountain Rumi Rumiyuq.[1][3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Vacas 6441-II
  2. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. "Pocona". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved October 11, 2014. (unnamed)