Wiluyuq Qucha

Wiluyuq Qucha
Location Peru, Puno Region
Coordinates 14°18′36″S 69°49′53″W / 14.31000°S 69.83139°WCoordinates: 14°18′36″S 69°49′53″W / 14.31000°S 69.83139°W
Basin countries Peru

Wiluyuq Qucha (Quechua wilu dry maize reed, -yuq a suffix to indicate ownership, wiluyuq the one with dry maize reed, qucha lake,[1][2] hispanicized spelling Veluyoc Cocha) is a lake in the Andes of Peru. It is situated in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Crucero District. It lies southwest of the mountain Wiluyuq Urqu ("the mountain with dry maize reed", Veluyoc Orjo) and west of the mountain Ariquma and Ariquma Lake.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Dicccionario Español-Quechua, Colección Diccionarios del mundo, juancareditores, Lima 2011
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map Crucero 2 (Puno Region)