Quylluqucha

For the lake in the Ancash Region, Peru, see Quyllurqucha (Ancash). For the lake in the Lima Region, Peru, see Quyllurqucha (Lima).
Quylluqucha
Location Peru
Junín Region
Coordinates 12°35′23″S 75°33′14″W / 12.58972°S 75.55389°WCoordinates: 12°35′23″S 75°33′14″W / 12.58972°S 75.55389°W
Max. length 4.15 km (2.58 mi)
Max. width 1.45 km (0.90 mi)
Surface elevation 4,683 m (15,364 ft)

Quylluqucha (Quechua quyllu impeccable white / generic name for a kind of potatoes, qucha lake,[1][2] hispanicized spelling Coyllococha) is a lake in Peru located in the Junín Region, Huancayo Province, Chongos Alto District.[3][4] It is situated at a height of about 4,683 metres (15,364 ft), about 4.15 km long and 1.45 km at its widest point. Quylluqucha lies south-west of the lakes Yuraqqucha and Wich'iqucha.

The lake is sometimes also named Quyllurqucha (Quechua quyllur star, "star lake", hispanicized Coyllorcocha). This name correlates with the name of mountain at the western end of the lake whose name is Quyllur (Coyllor).[4]

References

  1. ↑ Teofilo Laime Acopa, Diccionario Bilingüe, Iskay simipi yuyay k'ancha, Quechua – Castellano, Castellano – Quechua (Quechua-Spanish dictionary
  2. ↑ Ficha tecnologías campesinas, Revalorización del saber local, Sistemas locales de clasificación de papas nativas en el microcentro de diversidad del norte de Potosí-Oruro
  3. ↑ lib.utexas.edu Map of the area showing "Laguna Coyllococha"
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huancayo Province (Junín Region) showing "Lago Coyllococha"